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The Console That Wasn’t: How the Commodore 64 Outsold Game Consoles (slicker.me)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

I don't ever remember seeing a list of PEEKs and POKEs. Guess it never occured to me that there was better documentation to be had. Every pin in the machine was clearly documented though.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    No computer I know of ever came with an actual hardware reference.

    However the concept is shown for instance on page 60, that shows peek and poke address for border and background color.
    The C64 had a lot to get you started, way more than most, but it is still just to get you started.
    If you want to get serious on a C64 you don't peek and poke much, but program in assembly.

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