Microsoft, of course, built its business on BASIC. It supplied the original MITS Altair 8800's BASIC, and indeed The Register interviewed that version's co-author Monte Davidoff in 2001. Microsoft ...

Christmas 1984 was arguably the last gasp for the golden age of the home computer industry in the UK. The various pieces of ...

Legacy machines run more of the world than you might think. Did you know that two Commodore C64s are still in daily use at the Hilligoss Bakery of Brownsburg, Indiana? One user recently posted ...

It made business sense, but nobody seemed to ... The VIC-20 was the predecessor machine to the Commodore 64, and a forgotten icon of video game history in its own right. It was the first home ...

The Commodore C64 first went on sale in 1982. The two C64s in the photos are probably that original model, as Commodore later redesigned the casing of its classic machine.

It’s often said that during a gold rush it’s better to be the one selling the picks and shovels than doing all the digging.

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Locking down sales figures for individual computer models can be tricky, but we've dug into the numbers to bring you the top ...

The systems referenced range from the BBC Micro and Commodore 64 to the NES and Apple II, with some of these versions based on the officially released source code. For other systems the available ...

A Houston-based space company, which is returning to the moon in February, may not need NASA as a customer going forward.

The stock's fall snapped a four-day winning streak.