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SIDWAVE
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Registered: Apr 2002
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A dream come true, or a hoax ?
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx |
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Sorex
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Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 43 |
and where do I plug in my C64 Arcade joystick? :)
seems they forgot about that, and the other hand...
they didn't forget anything as it's not a custom board anyway.
seems like that rip off we had a decade ago with that c64 laptop that was a plain laptop with C64S or CCS64 running on it in dos or windows.
If it was a DTV like thing made by a pro like Jeri E. people might actually buy it but this is just something to skip and forget. |
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The Shadow
Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 304 |
Marketed correctly, new Commodore 64 machines can be educational tools for children. Learning computers a very direct way. Millions of people would buy them for this purpose. |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
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There are far better education programs in place now, using very cheap PC based machines, for children. Far cheaper than any "rebuild C64" plan would ever be able to produce; even considering newer technologies to replace old chips.
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BHF
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Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 30 |
Zzzzzzz.... The "new Commodore" is just a brand now, nothing else. |
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Heavy Stylus
Registered: Apr 2007
Posts: 62 |
Hypothetically, lets assume that this fake company has acquired the C= licensing rights.
I have to concur with Shadow that surely it would make more sense to build a REAL replica of the C64 instead? A limited re-run of the original machine would sell far better than a PC in a breadbin case :P
Another, perhaps more interesting idea would be a run of DTV machines in a redesigned, smaller C64c or breadbin style case, complete with SD card port and so on. |
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grennouille
Registered: Jul 2008
Posts: 222 |
---"Another, perhaps more interesting idea would be a run of DTV machines in a redesigned, smaller C64c or breadbin style case, complete with SD card port and so on."---
I am waiting for this since I heard about DTV mods that I can't do myself. |
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TWW
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 545 |
Just out of curiosity:
What do the sceene think about the folowing:
If a redesigned (who knows, say DTV capabilities with all the right ports'n stuff) C64 should come out today, would it be cool if the chassis and keys on the keyboard was made in aluminum?
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The Shadow
Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 304 |
cooler if made of carbon fiber or lexan polycarbonate |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2924 |
Since we're dreaming ... how about crystal or maybe diamond? platinum? kevlar?
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The Phantom
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 360 |
I'd get the kevlar :D |
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