Sophie Blackwood

Sophie writes about the British and European home-computing boom — the Spectrum vs C64 playground wars, the BBC Micro in every school, the strange brilliance of the Acorn Archimedes, and the bedroom-coder culture that built half the games industry.

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Commodore Locks Down C64 Ultimate Firmware

Commodore International has issued a firmware update for its C64 Ultimate, implementing a lockdown to prevent third-party modifications and manage support.