25c3: The Ultimate Commodore 64 Talk
Christiaan0083 HN recommenders · 2011–2025
160K views · talk · evergreen · Uploaded 2010-12-11
Michael Steil's 25C3 talk covers the Commodore 64's architecture, quirks and demoscene tricks in about an hour. It aims to convey everything about the machine in a compact, nostalgic tour.
HN people treat it as the canonical C64 talk and rewatch Steil's 'Ultimate' series regularly.
6:538-bit computer update
Ben Eater
1:21:22Light Years Ahead | The 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer
TNMoC
27:25“Hello, world” from scratch on a 6502 — Part 1
Ben Eater
3:36elevated by Rgba & TBC | 4k intro (FullHD 1080p demoscene demo)
Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras)
47:52Finding the Missing Memristor - R. Stanley Williams
The Qualcomm Institute
1:01:07The Ultimate Game Boy Talk (33c3)
media.ccc.de
1:48:55The Thirty Million Line Problem
Molly Rocket
2:22A Mind Is Born (256 bytes)
lftkryo
3 comments from Hacker News
> Back in the 80s, the Commodore C-64 had an intelligent floppy drive, the 1541, i.e. an external unit that had its own CPU and everything. I remember by the time I got a floppy drive for my C64 it was twice the price of a new C64, $400 vs $200. It was a real luxury item in those days. Obligatory link to Michael Steil's The Ultimate Commodore 64 Talk: [VIDEO]
Not exactly what you're asking for, but [VIDEO] while being 480p and rather noisy, was very sufficient for me to watch and enjoy the talk back in the day. The presented material does not suffer much on the relatively low resolution.
Michael’s blog is one of my favorites. His “Ultimate Guide” talks are great and I rewatch them at least once a year. Ultimate Guide to the C64: [VIDEO] Ultimate Guide to the Game Boy: [LINK] Ultimate Guide to the Apollo Guidance Computer: [LINK]