The 8721 PLA, or programmable logic array, was one of the chips that had to be invented to make the Commodore 128, the last of the 8-bit computers that formed the leading edge of the early PC ...

Although watching and editing videos may be among the primary tasks of many PCs today, it wasn’t that long ago that working with video required powerful processors and expensive video capture hardware ...

Because the C128 is essentially a C64 with extensions – CP/M and Z80 aside – it was also equipped with all the interfaces of the “bread box”. This was another double-edged sword: although the 1541 ...