Commodore 64 Primed For a Comeback In June 330
angry tapir writes "The Commodore 64 is getting a makeover, with a new design and some of the latest computing technologies, as the brand gets primed for a comeback. The revamped computer will be available through the Commodore USA online store, which is set to open June 1. The computer will be an all-in-one keyboard, with Intel's 64-bit quad-core microprocessors and 3D graphics capabilities."
I already have one (Score:5, Funny)
A computer of rank! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:64-bit?! (Score:5, Funny)
Are they using original C64s... (Score:5, Funny)
... to host their website?
Re:Upgrades? (Score:5, Funny)
So, in other words, it's a desktop that will be a colossal PITA upgrade and will probably use non-standard parts to get everything to fit.
Hmm... now that you put it that way, it kinda does resemble the original C64 after all.
Re:Clear Hoax (Score:1, Funny)
10 PRINT CHR$(147)
Re:Clear Hoax (Score:5, Funny)
Sustaining six connections per minute is all a C64 can do. No wonder it's slashdotted.
Re:This is not a C64 at all (Score:3, Funny)
So how is it a C64 then? I bet it doesn't even have 64K of RAM.
Because they expect to sell 64 units ?
Good luck slipping that kit... (Score:3, Funny)
ALL HAIL CLIVE SINCLAIR!
Re:Riding the back of nostalgia. (Score:3, Funny)
The older generation have a lot more experience when it comes to sucking. Lack of teeth also helps.
Re:Riding the back of nostalgia. (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, but us C64 programmers could, like, totally suck in only 39K of RAM - this generation needs at least 512MB just to load up suckage.dll
Re:Clear Hoax (Score:3, Funny)
Made in China?
"They took our jobs!" :)
Re:I already have one (Score:3, Funny)
I have an apple sticker on my red dell mini 9 running OSX. I still have people asking where I got the red apple laptop at. They cannot find it at the apple store.
I so want to go to the apple store and just to see the sale people's faces when someone asks for a red (or any other color) apple laptop.
Re:Clear Hoax (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Clear Hoax (Score:3, Funny)
> When introduced, the 64 was more capable than most of its competitors and lower-priced as well.
1. And all those expansion slots on the C64 are where again? Where was your 80x25 text again?
2. It may be hard for you to take off the rose-colored history glasses. Let's take a look at the facts: The Apple I and Apple ][ open slot architecture and daughterboards spawned serial cards, parallel cards, modems, CPU daughter boards (could YOUR C64 host a Z80?), sound cards, voice (Echo I) cards, mouse, floppy disk controllers, RAM cards (16K / 128K / 1 MB), hard drives, RAM capture (Replay & Wildcard) cards, just to start with. I don't remember any other computer that early that influenced the PC computer more.
3. To be fair, sure, the C64 created the demo scene, and yeah the Sid chip p0wned, but most people at the time didn't care! Why pay for things you will never use or need?? The C64 was seen as a toy, because that's what it was. Businesses used VisiCalc, AppleWorks, Wordstar, dBase, spell checkers, and financial software (e.g. PeachTree) because they wanted to get stuff done, not goof around.
Me thinks you need to re-think "more capable than most of its competitors" ...
Re:Clear Hoax (Score:5, Funny)
Oh christ..did we run in to a rip in the fabric of space/time? We're having a C64/AppleII/Atari 400/800 flamewar?