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## Commodore 128 Becomes Marine Vessel Tracker

DevFeed: [Commodore 128 Becomes Marine Vessel Tracker](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/commodore-128-becomes-marine-vessel-tracker-59932.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/commodore-128-becomes-marine-vessel-tracker/>)

Author: Zoe Skyforest

Published: 2026-09-25T08:00:14Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Hackaday](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hackaday.md>)

Topics: [communications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/communications.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [Assembly](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/assembly.md>), [plotting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/plotting.md>), [interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/interface.md>)

Tags: [ais](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ais.md>), [assembly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/assembly.md>), [c128](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c128.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [commodore-128](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commodore-128.md>), [communications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communications.md>), [display](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/display.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [map](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/map.md>), [maritime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maritime.md>), [radio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/radio.md>), [retrocomputer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrocomputer.md>), [retrocomputing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrocomputing.md>), [shipping](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shipping.md>), [transportation-hacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transportation-hacks.md>)

### AI overview

A project uses a Commodore 128 to display vessel tracks from Automatic Identification System data. Assembly code receives and decodes AIS reports, while BASIC provides mapping graphics and a text interface. The setup requires expanded memory and a compatible serial interface.

### Source excerpt

The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a maritime radio communications tool used to allow different vessels to identify each other and communicate their movements and other telemetry. You can readily ...read more