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Open Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: taco_harvell on April 09, 2011, 12:00:19 AM

Title: I want a commodore 64!
Post by: taco_harvell on April 09, 2011, 12:00:19 AM
Remember the old Commodore 64, well it's back.


http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx (http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx)
:cool: :cool:


Title: Re: I want a commodore 64!
Post by: Lynx on April 09, 2011, 12:04:04 AM
Yeah i saw that.  Funny... I don't remember Commodores having USB ports.   :-?
Title: Re: I want a commodore 64!
Post by: taco_harvell on April 09, 2011, 12:19:11 AM
Quote from: Psalm_97 on April 09, 2011, 12:04:04 AM
Yeah i saw that.  Funny... I don't remember Commodores having USB ports.   :-?

It's all modern technology, and you'll like the fact that they are all going to be Linux operating systems.

I so want one.
Title: Re: I want a commodore 64!
Post by: Lynx on April 09, 2011, 12:44:40 AM
Uh... the article I read earlier said their own proprietary OS which is Linux-based.  Also the processor will be 1.8 gHz, a relative snail.  The main selling point will be retro/nostalgia, and at the price point it could be useful as a backup computer, but I wouldn't recommend it as a primary PC.
Title: Re: I want a commodore 64!
Post by: Lynx on April 09, 2011, 12:46:20 AM
Huh.  I sit corrected, they ship an Ubuntu 10.04 cd with it, to use until their own Commodore OS is ready for primetime.  Wonder if it's a live cd or alternate install disk.

Check it out on yahoo news, they covered the hardware specs in detail.  But that Intel Atom processor... You'll be tearing your hair out.