160K views · Dec 11, 2010 · 1:01:15 · 3 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2011–2025
Michael Steil's 25C3 talk covers the Commodore 64's architecture, quirks and demoscene tricks in about an hour. It aims to convey everything about the machine in a compact, nostalgic tour.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN people treat it as the canonical C64 talk and rewatch Steil's 'Ultimate' series regularly.
“His “Ultimate Guide” talks are great and I rewatch them at least once a year.”HN comment, 2025
“His “Ultimate Guide” talks are great and I rewatch them at least once a year.”
Great talk series rewatched yearly.
Michael’s blog is one of my favorites. His “Ultimate Guide” talks are great and I rewatch them at least once a year. Ultimate Guide to the C64: this video Ultimate Guide to the Game Boy: link Ultimate Guide to the Apollo Guidance Computer: link
“Obligatory link to Michael Steil's The Ultimate Commodore 64 Talk”
Michael Steil's talk on the Commodore 64.
> Back in the 80s, the Commodore C-64 had an intelligent floppy drive, the 1541, i.e. an external unit that had its own CPU and everything. I remember by the time I got a floppy drive for my C64 it was twice the price of a new C64, $400 vs $200. It was a real luxury item in those days. Obligatory link to Michael Steil's The Ultimate Commodore 64 Talk: this video
“was very sufficient for me to watch and enjoy the talk back in the day.”
Low-resolution recording still enjoyable.
Not exactly what you're asking for, but this video while being 480p and rather noisy, was very sufficient for me to watch and enjoy the talk back in the day. The presented material does not suffer much on the relatively low resolution.
