Carrier Detected. Bulletin Board Systems A BBS is a private online dial-up service run on a single home computer.
If someone wished to access a BBS, they would load into their computer a text-based "terminal" program, with which they could dial and connect to the BBS via their modem. Once online, the user could read online message, send and receive email, play online games, chat with the BBS owner, and download programs from transfer areas. Typically, only one user could dial into a BBS at a time, meaning telephone busy signals were common. Well, before the internet was the thing, BBSs were. HVSC - Commodore 64 music for the masses! The C64 Take-away podcast. Composers.c64.org. RKO: The Def Guide to C64 MP3 remakes. I bet you can't do this on a SID! Better red than IBM. Commodore Business Machines, Ltd. was founded in 1954 by an Auschwitz survivor named Jack Tramiel as a typewriter repair shop.
After some time in the typewriter, adding machine, and hand-held calculator markets, Commodore became first company to announce that it was producing a consumer-friendly home computer (the PET 2001). Before they filed bankruptcy in 1994, Commodore had also managed to produce the worlds first multi-media computer (the Amiga) , and what is still today the best selling computer model of all time (the Commodore 64).
Although this once dominant company is no more, they still yet live in the hearts of those who loved and appreciated this early pioneer in the realm of personal computers. The first Commodore I ever layed fingers on was a PET-4032 in 6th grade. DEKADENCE64.ORG. 64tass v1.5x manual.