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The first screen shows the C64's [[BASIC programming language|BASIC]] with a small program. The BASIC interpreter does not only allow the user to write programs, but it is also used as command prompt, so in order to load a program a BASIC command needs to be entered.
*''KoalaPainter'' è un programma di disegno. Utilizzava due schermate: la prima mostra un menu e la seconda mostra il disegno sul quale si sta lavorando.
*''KoalaPainter'' is an early [[paint program]]. It uses two screens. The first displays a menu and is being shown here. The other screen is the picture that is being worked on. The program is controlled either by a [[joystick]] or with a [[graphics tablet]] that was also sold by ''Koala''.
*''Magic Desk'' isè anun'applicazione applicationdella byis [[Commodore International|Commodore]] that tries to resemble a real type writer. ItSimulava containsuna basicsemplice editingmacchina functionsda thoughscrivere.
*[[Multiplan]] isè a text-basedun [[spreadsheetfoglio elettronico]] applicationtestuale, writtenscritto bydalla [[Microsoft]].
*''Vizawrite'' isè anotherun text-basedaltro [[word processor]] fortestuale theper il C64, but looks more like the professional word processors of the early 80s.
* [[GEOS]] era un'interfaccia utente grafica, rilasciato per la prima volta nel 1987.
* [[GEOS]] was a [[graphical user interface]], first released in 1987. It was a small revolution at its time, because until then GUIs were only available for the much more powerful 16-bit machines.
*''geoPaint'' è un programma di disegno per GEOS.
*''geoPaint'' is a paint program for GEOS. Beside the small resolution it had all capabilities of other GUI-based drawing programs of its time.
*''geoWrite'' isè aun [[word processor]] forche gira sotto GEOS. ItOltre didad notavere onlyun'interfaccia have a GUIutente, butsupportava alsomolti supportedstili manye differentfont stylescon andil fonts with theprincipio [[WYSIWYG]] principle, unlike the other word processors on the C64.;
*UIFLI (Underlay Interlace Flexible Line Interpreter) isè aun Graphicsmodenuovo onmodo thegrafico Commodoreinventato 64nel invented1997 byda DeeKay and Crossbow of Crest in 1997.
==Type-ins, bulletin boards, and disk magazines==
Besides prepackaged commercial software, the C64, like the VIC before it, had a large library of [[type-in program]]s. Numerous [[computer magazine]]s offered type-in programs, usually written in BASIC or assembly language or a combination of the two. Because of its immense popularity, many general-purpose magazines that supported other computers offered C64 type-ins (''[[Compute!]]'' was one of these), and at its peak, there were many magazines in North America (''Ahoy!'', ''Commodore Magazine'', ''Compute!'s Gazette'', ''Power/Play'', ''[[Run magazine|RUN]]'' and ''Transactor [http://cbm.csbruce.com/~csbruce/cbm/transactor/]'') dedicated to Commodore computers exclusively. These magazines sometimes had disk companion subscriptions available at extra cost with the programs stored on disk to avoid the need to type them in. The [[disk magazine]] ''[[Loadstar]]'' offered fairly elaborate ready-to-run programs, music, and graphics. Books of type-ins were also common, especially in the machine's early days. A large library of [[public ___domain]] and [[freeware]] programs, distributed by [[online service]]s such as Q-Link and [[CompuServe]], [[Bulletin board system|BBSs]], and user groups also emerged. Despite limited RAM and disk capacity, the Commodore 64 was a popular platform for BBS hosting. One of the most popular was the [[Color64]] BBS System, allowed the use of Color graphics using the PET-ASCII system.
==La pirateria==
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