Commodore BASIC

since unknown year (earliest usage recorded on this site was 1977)

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tom

yacitus

JamieXML

patricktaylor

gnat

liza

doughellmann

paulsmith

jancona

fogus

shawnr

zeroaltitude

adamv

MarkofCain

drakkos

xurizaemon

growe

zephyrfalcon

krisse2

greyfade

tlesher

streetcleaner

bittercoder

bmaxwell

binarydud

pydanny

arowla

otherchirps

mwalling

cpharmston

empty - 6 years

tom - 6 years

yacitus - 4 years

JamieXML - 3 years

patricktaylor - 3 years

gnat - 5 years

liza - 7 years

doughellmann - 8 years

paulsmith - 32 years

jancona - 7 years

fogus - 10 years

shawnr - 5 years

zeroaltitude - 6 years

adamv - 31 years

MarkofCain - 31 years

drakkos - 30 years

xurizaemon - 5 years

growe - 4 years

zephyrfalcon - 8 years

krisse2 - 2 years

greyfade - 8 years

tlesher - 5 years

streetcleaner - 3 years

bittercoder - 28 years

af - 2 years

bmaxwell - 28 years

binarydud - 3 years

pydanny - 1 years

arowla - 4 years

otherchirps - 6 years

mwalling - 4 years

cpharmston - 4 years

empty

1977–1982

Used CBasic with the Commodore PET, then with the Vic-20 and Commodore 64.

tom

1978–1983

First application was a little filing system for names and addresses that would save records to cassette, or floppy.

yacitus

1980–1983

Our high school got Commodore PET computers in 1980, just in time for my first computer programming class. (Previous grade 11 students sent card decks to the university.) I very quickly passed our teacher in knowledge and spent my class time helping others or in self-study. I had a summer job (I think in 1983) automating a salesperson aptitude test on a Commodore 64.

liza

1981–1987

VIC-20 to C-64 to C-128

JamieXML

1981–1983

Only to repair the little brother's attempt at creating a video game on his VIC 20.

gnat

1981–1985

My first programming language on my first computer, the C=64. I still close my eyes and exhale blissfully remembering it.

patricktaylor

1981–1983

doughellmann

1982–1989

jancona

1982–1988

Used it on a VIC-20. Wrote a word processor (with output to an IBM electronic typewriter) and an electronic BBS system for ham radio teletype use.

paulsmith

1982–

My dad came home with a VIC-20 one night and it was all over for me. Cassette tapes, yo!

zeroaltitude

1983–1988

I adored learning to program on the VIC and Commodore.

fogus

1983–1992

shawnr

1983–1987

My dad bought the family a Commodore Vic 20, and then later a Commodore 128 and that's what I poked around on in the early days.

adamv

1983–

MarkofCain

1983–

drakkos

1984–

First programming language I ever started to use, way back when I was little.

growe

1984–1987

Wrote a few progs for my old Commodore 64

xurizaemon

1984–1988

Colour. Imagine that.

zephyrfalcon

1985–1992

krisse2

1985–1986

greyfade

1985–1992

I learned this at the age of 4, out of a couple "cookbook-style" programming books. One was for the Vic-20 and the other was the Commodore-64 Programmer's Reference. It kept me very entertained.

1986–1987

streetcleaner

1986–1988

Used it with my Commodore 64.

bittercoder

1986–

My cousin had a VIC-20 when I was a kid, used to borrow it in the holidays and write basic programs.

bmaxwell

1986–

tlesher

1986–1990

Got a C128 for Christmas in 1986. Spent about 40% of my free time playing Bard's Tale, Wasteland, Silent Service, and Red Storm Rising, and the other 60% trying to make clones of them.

otherchirps

1987–1992

pydanny

1987

I had a Commodore 128 that I used in college for word processing and games. When I first got it I tried my hand at programming on it.

1987–1990

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1991–1994