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Commodore 64 is BACK!!

  • 23-10-2011 4:00pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭


    Not sure if anyone has seen this, and i wasn't entirely sure where to post it but I think it's pretty cool, and this forum seems to be the place it fits best.

    Commodore have re-issued the Commodore 64 as a Full PC.
    A barebones box is $349, without a processor.
    An $895 version includes a 1TB hard drive, an Atom processor, Ubuntu Linux, an Nvidia graphics processor, 4GB of memory and a Blu-ray drive.

    "The Keyboard IS the PC"

    All of the above (Hard Drive, Graphics, RAM, Blu-ray etc.) are integrated into the keyboard.

    As stated prices start at $349 Going up to the top price of $1499 With HD, 8GB Ram and a 3TB drive in the top version.

    Commodore Website
    It's back... and better than ever! The new Commodore 64 is a modern functional PC as close to the original in design as humanly possible. It houses a modern mini-ITX PC motherboard featuring a Dual Core 525 Atom processor and the latest nVidia ION2 graphics chipset. It comes in the original taupe brown/beige color, with other colors to follow.

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    Buy it HERE (Official Commodore Website)

    Buy The Original HERE for €73 (Currently none in stock) Not sure how much they will charge for shipping but they do ship here.

    Also, Literally a couple on Amazon - £70 + £75
    A few on Ebay and other sites..

    It might even be worth trying to build one of these new ones.. :D:D


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Seen this last year somewhere, THG I think. It's just a pc in a retro case so no tapes <not that thats a bad thing :p>


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,066 ✭✭✭Firewalkwithme


    Pfft... no Run/Stop or Restore keys and I bet you can't reset it with a paper clip either ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Pfft... no Run/Stop or Restore keys and I bet you can't reset it with a paper clip either ;)

    sys64738 will be the real test :p


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 2,975 Mod ✭✭✭✭LoGiE


    Seems like alot of dosh to spend for a spec like that and I don't even get to type LOAD"*",8. I read somewhere it comes with an c64 emulator, wonder which one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,474 ✭✭✭longshotvalue


    Seeing this makes me think it would be really easy to mod and old console like a c64 ( maybe a non working one), and turn it into a pc.. way less than that price..

    Im thinking and Atari 800 xl would look great..


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    aidankkk wrote: »
    Seeing this makes me think it would be really easy to mod and old console like a c64 ( maybe a non working one), and turn it into a pc.. way less than that price..

    Im thinking and Atari 800 xl would look great..

    Waiting for a New processor for my non working Videopac

    If it doesnt work then it shall be a Donor Case for a new Pc :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    aidankkk wrote: »
    Seeing this makes me think it would be really easy to mod and old console like a c64 ( maybe a non working one), and turn it into a pc.. way less than that price..

    Im thinking and Atari 800 xl would look great..


    I was thinking the same thing. (About it being easy to mod an old console.)

    Only thing i think would cause most of the hassle, would be the keyboard. :confused:


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    You could be all "meta" about it and put the innards of one of the C64 sticks into a C64 case....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    Build your own for half the price


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,726 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Tallon wrote: »
    Build your own for half the price

    Damn right and would look a whole lot better too. The card reader and blu/dvd drive on the side ruin the look of it.
    How am I supposed to connect this to an old black & white portable telly when there's no TV out ? :D


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,410 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    The Atom processor it comes with would probably be only a little faster than the C64's processor.


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