Lazarus Archive · LZ-33189

Dither Machine

Cathode Design, 1989. Demo for the Commodore 64.

Description

A demo for the Commodore 64 by Cathode Design, first shown at the Port Larkstead Gathering in 1989.

Provenance

Deposited by Museum of Northshore Industry. The label reads ‘DO NOT ERASE’. About 87 percent of the data could be read; the gaps are mapped.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
d46068ffbee5e118e782cf5a382eda6a47e23d5eb81ae0d77a5b53ae238175b4
Last verified
Oct 30, 2026, by Vigil
Emulation profile
LZE-C64-9 · lz-6510 core
Copies
Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
Original carriers
Kept in cold storage in Vancouver

Access

Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away under the work’s license.

In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-C64-9, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on the Commodore 64.

Cite as: Cathode Design, Dither Machine (1989). Lazarus Archive, LZ-33189.

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