Commodore, Microsoft, and the BASIC garbage collector
John Feagans fills in the story behind Microsoft’s one sentence about the 1978 BASIC garbage collector work, including how bugs were reported to Microsoft by Telex.
Category: General Commodore History
The Quantum Link Commodore Forum Archive Is Now Online
30 original Quantum Link Commodore Forum transcripts (1985-1987) are now archived on the site.
Commodore History Presentation with Leonard Tramiel at VCF West
I recently had the great honor of doing a joint presentation with Leonard Tramiel at VCF West in Mountain View, California on August 5, 2023.
Early Commodore History presentation at VCF East in 2023
I was invited to do a presentation at the 2023 VCF East in Wall, NJ on April 15, 2023. There wasn’t any AV set up in the room to record my talk, but my...
The Commodore Logo: A brief history
If you’ve ever been curious about the origins of or the meaning of the world famous Commodore logo, often referred to as the “chicken lips” logo, wonder no more. I put together a short...