Oh dear......

Philophus · 17 March 2010, 01:53

http://www.commodoreusa.citymax.com/index.html

s2325 · 17 March 2010, 01:57

For me it's brilliant idea for computer hidden under keyboard. I need one but I think it will be rare and expensive. Thank you for link.

Loedown · 17 March 2010, 10:04

Oddly enough it doesn't state whether it will run C64 software, or whether it will simply be emulated.

s2325 · 17 March 2010, 10:08

I think it have nothing with C64, only brand name.

stainy · 17 March 2010, 10:10

I`m liking this!
Run C64 software? why would it? it`ll be just a pc.. emulated I would expect..

stainy · 17 March 2010, 10:11

hmm I see the 'About Us' section is detailed and pretty with floral decor !!

s2325 · 17 March 2010, 10:16

My co-worker also want to buy this, patient was also interested seeing it on webpage

seuden · 17 March 2010, 10:28

Better off getting a laptop?

Bloodwych · 17 March 2010, 10:36

LOL! It's just the Zero footprint PC that's been around for years and years, with Commodores name branded onto it! Only I can't even see a Commodore looking design or badge. At least the gaming PC range that came out had that going for it, plus some nifty paint jobs.

http://www.cybernetman.com/
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=zer...ient=firefox-a

It has always looked the part to be fair and would be a great emulation retro machine. Thought about getting one a while back but they were a little expensive, since I could get a laptop for the same price. Not sure how much they are these days.

I recently got hold of a Fujitsu Siemens C5910 for my Amiga x86 fix. Much cheaper, very small and quiet, easier to upgrade and the keyboard is spill proof since it's not part of the machine. This is rather like buying a laptop without a screen!

In fact, why not just buy a laptop with a broken screen and remove it, leaving you with a smaller flat PC base unit!!! I bet you could get one for dirt cheap!

It is a unique looking thing and does deserve an old school branding to go with the old school look.

TCD · 17 March 2010, 10:41

License Commodore brand name : Check!
License a PC that looks vaguely like a Commodore : Check!
Make big bucks : ...
Let's hope not

modrobert · 25 March 2010, 02:06

...and now the damned thing got /.'ed

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/1...meback-In-June

TCD · 25 March 2010, 08:46

"The Commodore 64 is getting a makeover..."

gilgamesh · 25 March 2010, 08:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

License Commodore brand name : Check!

Really, now that Tulip is bust? (No pun intended.)

TCD · 25 March 2010, 08:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by gilgamesh

Really, now that Tulip is bust? (No pun intended.)

Link in the first post : Commodore USA
So at least kinda

Xytec · 25 March 2010, 19:57

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03...dore_64_redux/

Don't know if this is right place to post or indeed ok to post a link, please remove if any problems.

Commodore 64 reincarnated as quad-core Ubuntu box

'Let's fall in love again'
By Cade Metz in San Francisco • Get more from this author
Posted in PCs & Chips, 25th March 2010 00:02 GMT
Free whitepaper – Lowering patient risk with a solid storage infrastructure
The Commodore 64 has been reincarnated as a 3GHz quad-core PC with 3D graphics, Gigabit Ethernet, a DVD-RW drive, and a 500GB hard disk. All that's left is the built-in keyboard. And the name.
In this case, that 64 can only mean a 64-bit processor - not 64 kilobytes of memory. Memory's up to a decidedly un-1980s eight gigabytes.
A new American company, Commodore USA, has apparently licensed the old Commodore name, and it intends to launch an updated incarnation of the long lost Commodore 64 this summer, according to the company's website.
"We were in love then," the site says. "Let's fall in love again."
The company's phone lines don't appear to be working, and it hasn't responded to emails requesting additional info. But its website says the reborn Commodore 64 will be available from the web beginning June 1.

Commodore 64 Reincarnate

The 17.5-inch wide by 2-inch tall machine will support Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad, Pentium D, and Celeron D processors, running Ubuntu, Windows, or, well, Mac OS X. It will also run Amiga - the late 80s Commodore OS - but only with emulation help. If you'd prefer an 8-bit processor and the old Commodore kernel, you're out of luck.

Commodore 64

When it debuted in August 1982 from Commodore International, the all-in-one Commodore 64 sold for $595, and that already dirt-cheap price soon dropped to a mere $199. "We made machines for the masses," Commodore International founder Jack Tramiel said on the machine's 25th anniversary, before motioning to the lumpen figure of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak parked on the dais beside him. "They made machines for the classes."
According to Tramiel, the company sold almost half a million Commodore 64s each month before his departure from the company in 1984, and he guessed that between 22 and 30 million C64s were sold before the machine was discontinued in the mid 90s.
Wozniak was unmoved such statistics - or the C64's ultra-low price tag. "[The Apple II] sold for three times as much as the Commodore, but we wanted to build a company that would be around for awhile," he said, without a smile.
But Woz did acknowledge the C64's importance in the brief history of personal computers. And he confirmed that he and Steve Jobs once tried to pimp themselves to Tramiel and company. As soon as they had an Apple II prototype, they showed it to Tramiel lieutenant Chuck Peddle.
"Steve started saying 'All we want to do is offer this to you for like $200,000 and we'll get jobs at Commodore and we'll get stock and we'll be in charge of the whole program,'" Wozniak recalled. "And we got got turned down. We were told, basically, that Commodore decided to build a simpler, lower-cost, black-and-white machine without a lot of the pizazz of the Apple II."
That's what they did. And now someone is intent on resurrecting the thing.
Commodore International declared bankruptcy in 1994, and the brand was soon bought by German retailer Escom, before bouncing from one Dutch firm to another. Eventually, it landed with an outfit dubbed Commodore Gaming, and apparently, they have licensed the Commodore 64 name to its latest foster parent.
Whatever Steve Wozniak may say, it's clear that Commodore has been around for quite a while indeed. ®

Djay · 25 March 2010, 20:08

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...highlight=dear

blade002 · 25 March 2010, 20:21

I personally find this "new C64" thing rather silly and pathetic. The C64 was loved for a very good reason as was the Amiga, but this other thing? Groan...

gilgamesh · 25 March 2010, 20:26

It's a marketing trick. Just slap a C64 stamp on a PC...
If you want a C64, C-One is much more interesting.

Oh hell, maybe they will include Kickstarts for Amiga emulation , and we'll see who sues whom.

BippyM · 25 March 2010, 20:44

threads merged

onkelarie · 25 March 2010, 20:51

From what I can make of it, it's a b*tt-ugly laptop without a screen... I really don't see the point of owning this machine with the Commodore brand forced on it. Why not go for a great laptop with the same specs?

17 March 2010, 01:53	#1
Philophus Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hampshire Posts: 151	Oh dear...... http://www.commodoreusa.citymax.com/index.html

25 March 2010, 19:57	#15
Xytec Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Liverpool Posts: 102	New Commodore 64 has Amiga Emulation http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03...dore_64_redux/ Don't know if this is right place to post or indeed ok to post a link, please remove if any problems. Commodore 64 reincarnated as quad-core Ubuntu box Alert Print Post comment 'Let's fall in love again' By Cade Metz in San Francisco • Get more from this author Posted in PCs & Chips, 25th March 2010 00:02 GMT Free whitepaper – Lowering patient risk with a solid storage infrastructure The Commodore 64 has been reincarnated as a 3GHz quad-core PC with 3D graphics, Gigabit Ethernet, a DVD-RW drive, and a 500GB hard disk. All that's left is the built-in keyboard. And the name. In this case, that 64 can only mean a 64-bit processor - not 64 kilobytes of memory. Memory's up to a decidedly un-1980s eight gigabytes. A new American company, Commodore USA, has apparently licensed the old Commodore name, and it intends to launch an updated incarnation of the long lost Commodore 64 this summer, according to the company's website. "We were in love then," the site says. "Let's fall in love again." The company's phone lines don't appear to be working, and it hasn't responded to emails requesting additional info. But its website says the reborn Commodore 64 will be available from the web beginning June 1. Commodore 64 Reincarnate The 17.5-inch wide by 2-inch tall machine will support Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad, Pentium D, and Celeron D processors, running Ubuntu, Windows, or, well, Mac OS X. It will also run Amiga - the late 80s Commodore OS - but only with emulation help. If you'd prefer an 8-bit processor and the old Commodore kernel, you're out of luck. Commodore 64 When it debuted in August 1982 from Commodore International, the all-in-one Commodore 64 sold for $595, and that already dirt-cheap price soon dropped to a mere $199. "We made machines for the masses," Commodore International founder Jack Tramiel said on the machine's 25th anniversary, before motioning to the lumpen figure of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak parked on the dais beside him. "They made machines for the classes." According to Tramiel, the company sold almost half a million Commodore 64s each month before his departure from the company in 1984, and he guessed that between 22 and 30 million C64s were sold before the machine was discontinued in the mid 90s. Wozniak was unmoved such statistics - or the C64's ultra-low price tag. "[The Apple II] sold for three times as much as the Commodore, but we wanted to build a company that would be around for awhile," he said, without a smile. But Woz did acknowledge the C64's importance in the brief history of personal computers. And he confirmed that he and Steve Jobs once tried to pimp themselves to Tramiel and company. As soon as they had an Apple II prototype, they showed it to Tramiel lieutenant Chuck Peddle. "Steve started saying 'All we want to do is offer this to you for like $200,000 and we'll get jobs at Commodore and we'll get stock and we'll be in charge of the whole program,'" Wozniak recalled. "And we got got turned down. We were told, basically, that Commodore decided to build a simpler, lower-cost, black-and-white machine without a lot of the pizazz of the Apple II." That's what they did. And now someone is intent on resurrecting the thing. Commodore International declared bankruptcy in 1994, and the brand was soon bought by German retailer Escom, before bouncing from one Dutch firm to another. Eventually, it landed with an outfit dubbed Commodore Gaming, and apparently, they have licensed the Commodore 64 name to its latest foster parent. Whatever Steve Wozniak may say, it's clear that Commodore has been around for quite a while indeed. ®

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17 March 2010, 01:57	#2
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 44 Posts: 17,789	For me it's brilliant idea for computer hidden under keyboard. I need one but I think it will be rare and expensive. Thank you for link.

17 March 2010, 10:04	#3
Loedown Precious & fragile things Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 1,946	Oddly enough it doesn't state whether it will run C64 software, or whether it will simply be emulated.

17 March 2010, 10:08	#4
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 44 Posts: 17,789	I think it have nothing with C64, only brand name.

17 March 2010, 10:10	#5
stainy Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Concord, NC, USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,714	I`m liking this! Run C64 software? why would it? it`ll be just a pc.. emulated I would expect..

17 March 2010, 10:11	#6
stainy Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Concord, NC, USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,714	hmm I see the 'About Us' section is detailed and pretty with floral decor !!

17 March 2010, 10:16	#7
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 44 Posts: 17,789	My co-worker also want to buy this, patient was also interested seeing it on webpage

17 March 2010, 10:28	#8
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	Better off getting a laptop?

17 March 2010, 10:36	#9
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	LOL! It's just the Zero footprint PC that's been around for years and years, with Commodores name branded onto it! Only I can't even see a Commodore looking design or badge. At least the gaming PC range that came out had that going for it, plus some nifty paint jobs. http://www.cybernetman.com/ http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=zer...ient=firefox-a It has always looked the part to be fair and would be a great emulation retro machine. Thought about getting one a while back but they were a little expensive, since I could get a laptop for the same price. Not sure how much they are these days. I recently got hold of a Fujitsu Siemens C5910 for my Amiga x86 fix. Much cheaper, very small and quiet, easier to upgrade and the keyboard is spill proof since it's not part of the machine. This is rather like buying a laptop without a screen! In fact, why not just buy a laptop with a broken screen and remove it, leaving you with a smaller flat PC base unit!!! I bet you could get one for dirt cheap! It is a unique looking thing and does deserve an old school branding to go with the old school look.

17 March 2010, 10:41	#10
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,916	License Commodore brand name : Check! License a PC that looks vaguely like a Commodore : Check! Make big bucks : ... Let's hope not

25 March 2010, 02:06	#11
modrobert old bearded fool Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Bangkok Age: 56 Posts: 779	...and now the damned thing got /.'ed http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/1...meback-In-June

25 March 2010, 08:46	#12
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,916	"The Commodore 64 is getting a makeover..."

25 March 2010, 20:08	#16
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...highlight=dear

25 March 2010, 20:21	#17
blade002 Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Age: 50 Posts: 2,616	I personally find this "new C64" thing rather silly and pathetic. The C64 was loved for a very good reason as was the Amiga, but this other thing? Groan...

25 March 2010, 20:26	#18
gilgamesh Linux snob Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Monkey Island Posts: 997	It's a marketing trick. Just slap a C64 stamp on a PC... If you want a C64, C-One is much more interesting. Oh hell, maybe they will include Kickstarts for Amiga emulation , and we'll see who sues whom.

25 March 2010, 20:44	#19
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	threads merged

25 March 2010, 20:51	#20
onkelarie Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Spijkenisse / the Netherlands Age: 54 Posts: 525	From what I can make of it, it's a b*tt-ugly laptop without a screen... I really don't see the point of owning this machine with the Commodore brand forced on it. Why not go for a great laptop with the same specs?

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