▲ 169 ▼ The Console That Wasn’t: How the Commodore 64 Outsold Game Consoles (slicker.me) submitted 10 months ago by monica_b1998@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 6 points 10 months ago (2 children) Something like the Raspberry Pi 500+? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago In fact, recreating the computing experience of the Commodore 64 (and BBC Micro as they are a British foundation) was one of the specific purposes of the Raspberry Pi. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bryndos@fedia.io 1 point 10 months ago I don't know about supplies in rest of the world, but typically the rpi "kits" that include the book seem to be very limited and rarely in stock. I think the book, at least older versions, can be found on ebay though. I think its just a basic into to python and GPIO so the earlier editions are probably fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago In fact, recreating the computing experience of the Commodore 64 (and BBC Micro as they are a British foundation) was one of the specific purposes of the Raspberry Pi. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bryndos@fedia.io 1 point 10 months ago I don't know about supplies in rest of the world, but typically the rpi "kits" that include the book seem to be very limited and rarely in stock. I think the book, at least older versions, can be found on ebay though. I think its just a basic into to python and GPIO so the earlier editions are probably fine. permalink fedilink source parent