Editing Commodore 64 software (section)

== Type-ins, bulletin boards, and disk magazines ==
[[Image:Loadstar-53.jpg|thumb|Cover of ''Loadstar'' #53 (1988)]]

The Commodore 64 featured a large library of [[type-in program]]s published in magazines like ''[[Compute!'s Gazette]]'', ''[[Ahoy!]]'', and ''[[RUN (magazine)|RUN]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Type-In Programs: A Staple of Commodore Magazines |magazine=Compute! |date=July 1984 |url=https://archive.org/details/1984-07-compute-magazine |access-date=2023-10-15}}</ref> Disk magazines like ''[[Loadstar (magazine)|Loadstar]]'' provided ready-to-run programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Loadstar: The Disk Magazine for Commodore Users |url=https://www.lyonlabs.org/commodore/loadstar/ |website=LyonLabs |access-date=2023-10-15}}</ref> [[Bulletin board system|BBSs]] distributed [[public domain]] and [[freeware]] software via services like [[Quantum Link|Q-Link]] and [[CompuServe]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Dillon |first=Roberto |title=Ready: A Commodore 64 Retrospective |publisher=Springer |year=2014 |isbn=978-9812873408 |pages=120–125}}</ref>