コンピューターというハードウェアを活用するために欠かせないのが、OS（Operating System：オペレーティングシステム）の存在です。我々が何げなく使っているWindows OSやOS XだけがOSではありません。世界には栄枯盛衰のごとく消えていったOSや、冒険心を ...

さて、本連載の主題であるOSに目を向けてみましょう。Commodore 64は特定のOSを搭載しておらず、電源を入れるとBASICが起動する、当時としては一般的なコンピューターでした。Microsoftからライセンスを受け、Commodore 64には「Commodore BASIC 2.0」を搭載。もっとも ...

往年の8ビットコンピュータ「Commodore 64」（コモドール64）を、当時とほぼ同じ姿で米国企業が復活させ、このほど予約販売の受け付けが始まった。5月から6月にかけて出荷を開始する予定という。 C64は1982年に米Commodoreが発売した家庭向け8ビットPC。動作 ...

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit computer that launched in 1982. It offered a whopping 64 kilobytes of RAM and earned a soft spot in geek hearts for its advance audio and graphics capabilities. Next to ...

The hard part isn't building the computer: Sticking modern components inside a shell shaped like an old Commodore 64 is no great challenge. Neither was matching the price of the original: It cost $595 ...

Commodore USA has introduced a new Amiga-branded, high-end small form factor PC, as well as updated its retro C64x and other models. Commodore USA has introduced a new Amiga-branded, high-end small ...

Older readers may remember the Commodore computers in their original form, which were first launched back in 1982, and were equipped with a powerful 64 kilobytes of RAM and graphics, for the time. Now ...

Commodore was a big hitter in the computer industry in the 1980s, but has been keeping a low profile for some years now. Now it's back, and it's brought one of its most iconic products with it. The is ...

Yeah, an optical drive. You know, for folks who still appreciate the passing fads of life. Bitterness aside, Commodore is following up its retro-fabulous C64x with a new small-form-factor PC, the ...

Commodore, the legendary brand that helped drive home computing with an emphasis on entertainment, has opened a Web store where consumers can buy a modernized Commodore 64 and two new versions of the ...

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit computer that launched in 1982. It offered a whopping 64 kilobytes of RAM and earned a soft spot in geek hearts for its advance audio and graphics capabilities. Next to ...

It may be 29 years later, but I can still remember looking at what was about to be my Commodore 64, up on a shelf at a Long's Drugs near my father's house. This wasn't my first computer--that had been ...