How to install an app on your Commodore 64

· Anil Dash · Oct. 20, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
Summary
This whimsical blog post revisits the experience of installing software on a Commodore 64 in 1986, detailing the nostalgic challenges of typing in code from magazines, a process fraught with potential errors, lengthy waits, and the charm of retro computing. It emphasizes how much simpler software installation has become over the years while humorously advocating for the return to calling software 'programs' instead of 'apps'.
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