Did you know that this year is the 40th birthday of the Commodore 128? One of my favorite computers. I love the look & it can dual boot into CP/M using a 2nd onboard Z-80 processor. Here is a photo of mine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodo... #commodore #c128 #retrocomputing - ThreadSky

moorejh.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Did you know that this year is the 40th birthday of the Commodore 128? One of my favorite computers. I love the look & it can dual boot into CP/M using a 2nd onboard Z-80 processor. Here is a photo of mine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_128 #commodore #c128 #retrocomputing

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commodorespence.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes, yes I did know this. Mine is from 87' running like a champ.

laaksosami.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wow that is MINT condition! Had a C64 myself :) Really miss the era of those little machines.

somethinghumble.bsky.social•4 days ago

you literally pay for this

stonedmason69.bsky.social•3 days ago

Had a Commodore 64 growing up..I feel old

fkhill.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ah, those were the days.

alhadis.bsky.social•4 days ago

128 + 40 years… Guess that makes it the Commodore 168?

6502nerd.bsky.social•4 days ago

These were pretty special machines - never had one, but aways thought they looked really cool!

illwillhere.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wish I had pics to show, but I had a 128D like this. Loved that thing. It's where I learned BASIC.

mstearne.bsky.social•4 days ago

Great design. Still looks amazing.

clausewitzlacan.bsky.social•4 days ago

Still have mine too! Has a jiffy dos mod switch

kh-instability.bsky.social•4 days ago

The 80 column 128 mode was great, particularly for word processing. The CP/M mode was not quite as great.

epicstoic.bsky.social•3 days ago

I did 8080 assembler for a stretch.

floatippity.bsky.social•4 days ago

Zork

brynfidel.bsky.social•4 days ago

Mine still works! Go 64!!

buiscuit.bsky.social•4 days ago

Cursed seeing it on a flatscreen

luckydoghotsauce.bsky.social•4 days ago

Was just thinking about that, and remembering how much desktop real estate was used up by those CRTs.

Meanwhile in 2025 everyone’s phone has 1000s of x more processing power & 1000s of x the data storage.

Kids today are so spoiled. Well, except for the whole end of democracy/planet dying thing.

sdamackay.bsky.social•4 days ago

We had one! Got it for Christmas, my brothers and I.

daroga.bsky.social•4 days ago

This was the first computer I ever used. Played lots of C64 games on it which means I have a ton of nostalgia for the software, but zero for the C64 hardware. The 128 mode of the C128 always seemed like adults-only zone as a kid.

A 1571 drive lives on my desk though!

boweaver11.bsky.social•4 days ago

Didn’t have enough money but dreamed

marcinstaszewski.bsky.social•3 days ago

- Commodore?
- Disgusting.
🙂
M.

rapidsyntax.bsky.social•4 days ago

There's something uncanny about really old tech in high resolution photos. My brain expects the photo to be old too.

drturkmac.bsky.social•4 days ago

GO64
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So many cheap floppy disk games 🥰

brewscrolling.bsky.social•4 days ago

I love the look of this computer. I want the mega65 in this case

karinaodegard.bsky.social•3 days ago

I remember mine. Sweet times. I’ve got a Mega65 now. Also nice, but obviously a computer mostly for those with 80’s nostalgia. After programming in basic on the Mega65 (very basic 7 like) I have to admit that something has happened the last 40 years….

But the looks of C128. Totally agree with you

jchokonen.bsky.social•4 days ago

sure feels longer than that

elliottinspace.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ah good old CPM

elonmuskatemycat.bsky.social•4 days ago

One of its many flaws was its inability to run Crysis.

jamielendino.com•4 days ago

We’re finally almost there with the US’s new El Capitan supercomputer. It has 43,000 AMD GPUs

elonmuskatemycat.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not enough fake frames.

nerdyheisenberg.bsky.social•3 days ago

I used the Commodore PET back in the day. I loved those computers so much. My dad was the Vice Principal in a school so he brought one home every weekend. I learned so much in those early years when most people were still figuring computers out. I realize now how fortunate I was.

backpaw.bsky.social•4 days ago

My cousin got one of these and was in love with it for a while until he got a go on my Amiga. His 128 immediately fell out of favour. Commodore buying Hi-Toro unfortunately death knelled this really capable machine.

bluefugue.bsky.social•4 days ago

Great computer. We had one (and a couple 64s). Sadly things were moving so fast in those days that it didn't have time to get much of a footing, as the 8-bit era was slipping away.

pavaone.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wow, this brings back memories!!

mortenschou.bsky.social•4 days ago

I don’t like it to be 40 years ago. That makes me feel old

dawsonb.bsky.social•4 days ago

Must get mine out of the loft and see if it still works!

dutchfella.bsky.social•3 days ago

I like mine very much, I skipped the C64... I came from a VIC20 with 3.5kB ram so 128kB was a huge upgrade.

Btw I'm building a single board computer with a 65816 processor from scratch, it will use the kernal and basic from the c128 + my extensions.

mamzel.bsky.social•3 days ago

My first computer was the 64.

carlosharwith.bsky.social•4 days ago

aho-mastodon.bsky.social•4 days ago

I never had the C128, just the C64 and before that the Vic20...

paranoidfactoid2.bsky.social•4 days ago

What a shame by the time that came out CP/M and apps were obsolete. There were many very good professional apps for the time that languished.

derekballing.com•4 days ago

So much this. The computer nerd in me was like "CP/M!", the realist in me was like that bit in Jurassic Park...

ferdiad.bsky.social•4 days ago

One of my faves. Had a 64 too. The 128 was special, had a 300 baud modem I added to it!

kim-6502.bsky.social•4 days ago

Hard to find onsale these days for non-outrageous prices, too.

geocenter.bsky.social•3 days ago

Had the c64 the 128 the first amiga and an amiga 3000. Only have the c64 now. I don’t remember what happened to the others.

logiclust.bsky.social•4 days ago

If you’ve got any SID chips, I’ll take’em!

timeotek.bsky.social•3 days ago

After briefly trying to write a program for one as a college kid, I am still in awe of the grit it took to make that primitive hardware and OS do cool stuff! The C64 could have a maximum of 4 colors in each "character" address block, or 2 max in "hires" mode. Loading flight sim took 15 mins.

fungus1487.bsky.social•4 days ago

Commodore 128 wasn't my generation but just a little later the Amiga Commodore was the first machine my parents got me and it changed my life forever 💗

clausewitzlacan.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wonderful machine. Still my fave machine I’ve ever owned