Stefan Hölken
Media scientist and computer archaeologist at University of Bonn; researcher of BASIC programming cultures, retrocomputing, and game studies; co-editor of Computerarchäologie book series.
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Jul 20, 2026
Rudolf InderstHOST
What made the Commodore 64 worthy of a fresh scholarly examination more than four decades after its original release?
Stefan HölkenGUEST
Yeah, it's been a while I've been here, so something changed, and, uh, it's probably worthy to introduce myself again.
Stefan HölkenGUEST
There I am running a, um, a DFG-funded project on the programming cultures of, uh, the 1970s to 1990s with the basic programming language.
Stefan HölkenGUEST
And the idea of this, um, project is, uh, to, to examine specific programming styles to learn about the cultures behind the codes.
Rudolf InderstHOST
How do the contributors position the C64 as a historically significant technological and cultural artifact then?