A book that took 10 years to make! A book about a bygone era of computing that never really rolled over and played dead, more like dug a tunnel and went underground. Here is a modern collection of ancient writings about a computer thought of as extinct-- the Commodore! Relive or discover for the first time what it was like to use and work with the best selling single board computer in history through the eyes of one who still admires its complex simplicity.

RUN/STOP-RESTORE: 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

By LENARD R. ROACH

AuthorHouse

Copyright © 2011 Lenard R. Roach
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4567-1924-1

Contents

Introduction...........................................................................................ixThe New Façade To – "Welcome To My World"...................................................1Welcome To My World (A parody).........................................................................2The New Façade To—"My Personal History With The Commodore"..................................6My Personal History With The Commodore.................................................................8The New Façade To – "I'll Never Touch Your Commodore Again!"................................11"I'll Never Touch Your Commodore Again!"...............................................................12The New Façade To – "Let's Get Back To Basics Again"........................................16Let's Get Down To Basics — Again!................................................................17The New Façade To—"In Praise Of My Sons"....................................................20In Praise Of My Sons...................................................................................21The New Façade To—"The Most Destructive Baby In The Commodore Universe".....................25The Most Destructive Baby In The Commodore Universe....................................................27The New Façade To – "Add The Following: 3 Cats + 1 Commodore = Trouble".....................30Add The Following: 3 Cats + 1 Commodore = Trouble!.....................................................31The New Façade To – "Raiders At Midnight"...................................................33Raiders At Midnight....................................................................................34The New Façade To – "A Call To Life"........................................................39A Call To Life.........................................................................................40The New Façade To – "A View On Geos"........................................................41A View On Geos.........................................................................................42The New Façade To – "Commodore And Y2k".....................................................44Commodore And Y2k......................................................................................45The New Façade To—"I'm An Idiot"............................................................48I'm An Idiot!..........................................................................................49The New Façade To—"So Much To Do, So Little Time"...........................................53So Much To Do, So Little Time..........................................................................54The New Façade To – "Birth Of A Commodore Innovation".......................................58Birth Of A Commodore Innovation........................................................................59The New Façade To – "My Fight With Cdc".....................................................63My Fight With Cdc......................................................................................64The New Façade To-"Commodore Games For Girls".....................................................67Commodore Games For Girls..............................................................................68The New Façade To-"A Typical Meeting Rundown".....................................................71A Typical Meeting Rundown..............................................................................72The New Façade To – "Writer's Block Over A Newslettter".....................................77Writer's Block Over A Newsletter.......................................................................78The New Façade To-"The Rise And Fall Of The Pulpit"...............................................80The Rise And Fall Of The Pulpit........................................................................81The New Façade To-"... And Now For Something Different ...".......................................92And Now For Something Different........................................................................93The New Façade To-"What's Going On With The Pulpit?"..............................................100What's Going On With The Pulpit?.......................................................................101The New Façade To – "Program Where Are You?"................................................103Program, Where Are You? A Short Play In Less Than One Act..............................................104The New Façade To – "Advertisement For Off".................................................107Advertisement For Off..................................................................................108Bibliography...........................................................................................113

Chapter One

THE NEW FAÇADE TO — "WELCOME TO MY WORLD"

This is a new story added to this edition. This story was first released in the magazine The Interface, the Fresno Commodore Users Group's bi-monthly publication. I have always wanted to make a farce piece about where I lived and this was one of those times where something like this would fit into the world of Commodore. This story takes you through my neighborhood and down the streets to the Roach Hotel which houses the mighty Commodore machine and selected hardware that makes it work. I also go through the personnel and each room of the house nicknamed The Roach Hotel by one of my pastor friends out in Colorado. Many good things have happened to us in this place, as well as much wickedness; but I am guessing that is pretty much what would happen in anybody's home. The hard part I think is to get past all the problems and go into remembering the good stuff and keeping our focus on that. We live in a world where the family unit is slowly starting to erode into something that it was never meant to be and without the family staying together, there will be little hope for a future for our children and our children's children.

But I wisp philosophical and I do apologize for stepping off the path. The point behind this story is to just have fun with the gift of words we all possess and to reveal to the reader what it takes to house the great Commodore machine that has been my electronic friend for almost two decades. When this story was first published I got some great feedback like "I was laughing my head off with every word" to "It makes me glad that I pass through your town on my way to my destination and never stop in." Please enjoy.

WELCOME TO MY WORLD (A parody)

Hail and well met fellow Commodore users! This time I am going to talk a little about what can be found when you come to visit the Roach Hotel, situated in lovely Kansas City Kansas.

The Roach Hotel sits on Corona in middle downtown Kansas City Kansas. It is a lovely one story building that houses me, my youngest son, one rat, two fish, one dog, and three cats. The dog just recently stopped trying the eat the cats, and the cats just recently stopped trying to eat the fish and rat, so all is harmony when you come for a visit to our little hovel in the Coronado Hills subdivision just off US...