But what lies within the Commodore 64's fetching brown shell? By Benj Edwards. ... The VIC-II chip, which was originally ceramic, was changed to plastic in later runs of the C64.

Of all the retro systems, the Commodore 64 had the best video system. The VIC-II chip in the C64 was the best example of why Commodore was the best, but in terms of video output, the C64 was still … ...

The Commodore 64 primarily competed against Atari 800 computer line, the TI-99/4A, the Apple II series, and to some extent, the IBM PC in the United States. In the UK, it faced off against the ZX ...

The Commodore 64 may remain the best selling computer of all time, but it has one major flaw. It doesn’t have HDMI! That makes it a total pain to use with modern displays. Thankfully, [Side P… ...

— Read the rest The post Commodore 64 gets true HDMI upgrade for modern TV sets appeared first on Boing Boing. ... This device worked by reading the inputs to the C64's VIC II graphics chip, ...

The HD-64 is also more expensive than the VIC-II Kawari, coming in at around $125 US versus the circa $85 of the older mod. Still, it has more advantages over the VIC-II Kawari than we've already ...

In context: The Commodore 64 holds the title of the best-selling single computer model of all time. ... Instead, its original VIC-II chip handles composite video output for display on a TV.

After the success of Commodore’s VIC-20, ... it outworked the Apple II and its 44 kilobytes of memory. ... Seeing a Commodore 64 display at Sears helped normalize the idea of home computing.

Our intrepid computer historian uses the Commodore 64 to tweet, visit websites, and do other PC tasks invented long after the famous gaming computer launched three decades ago.

How the humble DIY Commodore 64 inspired a generation. ... Earlier realizations of this mission were the Commodore PET and VIC-20, ... compared to the Apple II which sat at $1298 with minimum ...

Graphical comparison between the two machines is a far more contentious issue. While the C64's VIC-II chip handled multi-colour visuals far better, and was more adept with sprites and scrolling ...