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The C-64 booted into Microsoft Basic by default. The ",8,1" was part of the LOAD command. 8 is the number of the device, 1 tells Basic to load the program to th
by Syssiphus 12y ago
The C-64 booted into Microsoft Basic by default. The ",8,1" was part of the LOAD command. 8 is the number of the device, 1 tells Basic to load the program to the address where it was originally saved from.
It was contemporary to the original Nintendo. The NES even used a CPU that was based on the C-64/VIC-20 6502 CPU. The 6502 was designed by MOS Technology (a Commodore company).
- eCa 12y agoYes.. and there was a very similar command (,8,0 maybe?) that instead formatted the disk. In my case, the disk contained several of my first programs. Several years later, not having learned my lesson, I tried out the fdisk command on my win98 machine. It apparently worked as advertised.
- Syssiphus 12y ago,8,0 would load from device 8 to memory location 2048. I think formatting was done with the OPEN command.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoSimilarly, the Apple II used a 6502. Even the Atari 2600 used a 6502.
- chrismcb 12y agoThe c64's CPU was a 6510 which is also based on a 6502.