What is old is new (and popular) again, or so it seems with recent tech trends, and particularly retro gaming. Fueled in-part by Nintendo and its NES Classic and SNES Classic systems, retro consoles ...

Anyone remember the Commodore Vic-20? The Commodore VIC-20 was an 8-bit home computer that was available back in 1980. It ran software from a cassette tape and had 5KB of RAM and a 1MHz processor.

Whether you're a lover of all things retro or are simply someone who lived through the 1980s and wants to rekindle a little techy nostalgia, seeing the Commodore VIC-20 should send shivers down your ...

Microsoft just open-sourced 6502 BASIC (BASIC M6502 8K VER 1.1) from 1978. The code powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, and ...

Our first brush with Bill Gates and we didn't even know it... Let's be honest. I wasn't the one drawn to the Vic-20. It was my dad, wallet in hand, who didn't like the idea of a rubber, 'dead flesh' ...

Commodore machines are well-loved around here, but usually when you think Commodore, you think about the Commodore 64, or maybe the PET or Amiga. But the Commodore 64 had an older sister, the VIC 20.

Microsoft announced that it has open sourced the source code for 6502 BASIC, one of first ports of its original BASIC.

Microsoft open-sourced Bill Gates’ 1976 6502 BASIC interpreter, showcasing early programming features and its historical role ...

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

Today, Microsoft open-sourced the 6502 BASIC interpreter, the Commodore-specific port of Gates and Allen's first-ever ...