still wont be as good as the speccy
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| Author: | big_D [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | New C64 for Chrimstmas |
Commodore have announced that they will be releasing a new Commodore (PC)64 in time for Chrimstmas. The new machine will come in an exact replica of the original C64 case, but will be powered by an Atom processor and nVidia Ion chipset, with 1TB hard drive and 6-in-1 card reader. Source: Tech News Today on the Twit Network, I'll see if I can find a text link. Edit: Register clicky |
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| Author: | bobbdobbs [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New C64 for Chrimstmas |
still wont be as good as the speccy
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| Author: | Spreadie [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 3:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New C64 for Chrimstmas |
Does it come with a two inch thick wrist rest? The RSI brigade will be all over them.
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| Author: | pcernie [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:26 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: New C64 for Chrimstmas | |||||||||
Reading that article makes him sound like that rubbish lawyer in The Simpsons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Hutz |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:07 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: New C64 for Chrimstmas | |||||||||
BBC Micro FTW! |
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| Author: | veato [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New C64 for Chrimstmas |
Its not a C64 is it though. Its not even a Commodore. Its wintel PC hardware in a C64 case/keyboard. |
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New C64 for Chrimstmas |
Seems like a good place to re-post this classic - http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/ |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:51 pm ] | |||||||||
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Pah! I still have my original. 
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:04 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Congratulations. You should be commended. |
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New C64 for Chrimstmas |
I meant to ask - is Chrimstmas on the 25th of December, like Christmas is over here? 
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| Author: | big_D [ Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:07 am ] | |||||||||
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It will be made by Commodore (the new company) and be in a Commodore case, how much more Commodore do you want? The Vic=20, Plus 4, C16, PET range, Amiga and IBM PC clones they made weren't C64s either, but they were Commodores... |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:22 pm ] | |||||||||
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You'd have though they'd try and put in some half decent components. It looks as though they're doing it as cheaply as possible to cash in on the name. |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Fri Aug 27, 2010 8:49 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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It's a dual-core Atom though and the graphics chipset should handle HD IRRC... all in, it's probably a lot bigger and more powerful than what the majority of people have now I'd have thought 
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Fri Aug 27, 2010 11:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New C64 for Chrimstmas |
Apparently, this: http://www.amazon.com/Commodore-64-Game ... B000701CSM is a proper C64 inside the case, and you can solder a keyboard to it. It’s fascinating that this old kit has an appeal, almost 30 years on. Get ye all to Bletchley Park and look at the National Museum of Computing. |
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| Author: | cloaked_wolf [ Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New C64 for Chrimstmas |
I'm sure someone did all of this before. Though that would have been a modder, not a company. |
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