Justin Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Let JIM BUTTERFIELD instruct you on the C64! This 1983 video provides 14 lessons about the Commodore 64 from Games and Simulations to graphics to how to load a program. The video is presented by the legend Jim Butterfield, a well-known "Goodtime Charlie" who became an icon of the Commodore world. Jim Butterfield authored several books and articles about early microcomputers, wrote software, and was a television personality as well. Enjoy: Mr SQL and RobertLM78 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Meet the legend himself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Jim Butterfield cosplay by way of Italy: MaximumRD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Justin said: Let JIM BUTTERFIELD instruct you on the C64! This 1983 video provides 14 lessons about the Commodore 64 from Games and Simulations to graphics to how to load a program. The video is presented by the legend Jim Butterfield, a well-known "Goodtime Charlie" who became an icon of the Commodore world. Jim Butterfield authored several books and articles about early microcomputers, wrote software, and was a television personality as well. Enjoy: Now that is whacky - literally watched this exact video last night - and while there is a fair amount of rudimentary material, there is some valuable information for the intermediate C64 user. Justin 1 Quote Cheering vestry jolt now! 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 3 hours ago, RobertLM78 said: Now that is whacky - literally watched this exact video last night That's wild! 3 hours ago, RobertLM78 said: and while there is a fair amount of rudimentary material, there is some valuable information for the intermediate C64 user. Absolutely! I think even today it's worthwhile for C64 novices and intermediate users to enjoy this video. He's knowledgable and interesting to watch. Here's a tribute to Jim Butterfield from a colleague that was made shortly after he passed away: Mr SQL, MaximumRD and RobertLM78 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 18 hours ago, Justin said: Here's a tribute to Jim Butterfield from a colleague that was made shortly after he passed away: Cool...! Thanks for sharing that. B) Justin 1 Quote Cheering vestry jolt now! 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 8 hours ago, RobertLM78 said: Cool...! Thanks for sharing that. B) I think it's really cool that not only are these old computers living on forever, so is the influence of the forward-thinking early adopters, living and past, who were enthusiastic about the computer age and remain a great part of our community today. RobertLM78, Mr SQL and RickR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 2/18/2022 at 10:48 AM, Justin said: I think it's really cool that not only are these old computers living on forever, so is the influence of the forward-thinking early adopters, living and past, who were enthusiastic about the computer age and remain a great part of our community today. Agreed...! And such an environment as we're likely to never see again. So many possibilities and directions things could have taken. I found this off the cuff production from 1988 and thought it a riot: datafry and Justin 1 1 Quote Cheering vestry jolt now! 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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