My C64 was still working when I left the Philippines. And before that I had the Commodore VIC20 ... 16k of ROM, 22 char/line, CBM Basic, a tape drive for data storage. I even remember the processor being a 6502 and the video chip a 6510 .

The OEM tape drive is digital, so you can't use an ordinary cassette player. One of my first DIY circuits was an analog to TTL interface for cassette players that I copied from an issue of Gazette magazine. And like everybody else, the loading time used to drive me nuts.

I also used to have an XT laugh-top like this one:



These things are heavy!