General / Off-Topic Commodore 64 resurrects ...

Patrick_68000 · Oct 17, 2020

... With PC components

Do you remember your first home PC?

Was it a Commodore 64, Vic 20 or an Amiga? Wouldn’t it be fantastic to have a modern day PC in a retro computer shell? Well here at My Retro Computer we have done just that. Order yours today.

myretrocomputer.com

Caramel Clown · Oct 17, 2020

Apart from being a nostalgia toy...why? Not even a proper full sized keyboard. If you will have something this enormous on your desk there should be no reason why isn't there a numpad.

PRORABBIT67 · Oct 17, 2020

My iphone

Zieman · Oct 17, 2020

Nah, I like the C64 as C64 much more.

metatheurgist · Oct 18, 2020

Patrick_68000 said:
... With PC components

Boooo! Don't see the point, it's easier to get an emulator.

Morbad · Oct 18, 2020

Caramel Clown said:
Apart from being a nostalgia toy...why?

That's it. The whole purpose is the retro aesthetic without having to actually cut apart a real C64.

metatheurgist said:
Boooo! Don't see the point, it's easier to get an emulator.

This is just a case for a standardish SFF PC, not a C64 re-release or intended to emulate the C64 in anything other than appearance. Of course you could run a C64 emulator, but that's not what it's for.

metatheurgist · Oct 18, 2020

Morbad said:
This is just a case for a standardish SFF PC, not a C64 re-release or intended to emulate the C64 in anything other than appearance. Of course you could run a C64 emulator, but that's not what it's for.

It's so you can simulate the doorstop qualities of the original?

Patrick_68000 · Oct 18, 2020

Caramel Clown said:
Apart from being a nostalgia toy...why? Not even a proper full sized keyboard. If you will have something this enormous on your desk there should be no reason why isn't there a numpad.

It's for nostalgic lovers.

Maybe they will also make an Atari ST and an Amiga 500 ?

Patrick_68000 · Oct 18, 2020

metatheurgist said:
Boooo! Don't see the point, it's easier to get an emulator.

As Cmdr Morbad and the manufacturer's website say it's just for aesthetic lovers who would like to have the latest Ryzen in a C64.

Patrick_68000 · Oct 18, 2020

PRORABBIT67 said:
My iphone
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A very nice foam headrest here !

EDanaII · Nov 9, 2020

A bit late to this thread, but... the logical successor to the Commodore 64 would be a modern PC with BASIC as it's DOS. I would call it: the C64k!

I've often tinkered with the idea of grabbing a Linux distro with only a shell and making it boot into an advanced BASIC. Sadly, I don't have enough time for this with all my other projects and all.

Mu77ley · Nov 9, 2020

EDanaII said:
A bit late to this thread, but... the logical successor to the Commodore 64 would be a modern PC with BASIC as it's DOS. I would call it: the C64k! I've often tinkered with the idea of grabbing a Linux distro with only a shell and making it boot into an advanced BASIC. Sadly, I don't have enough time for this with all my other projects and all.

I'm looking forward to this:

Commander X16 - Index page

lysan · Nov 10, 2020

Well it’s nostalgic, I really don’t know what I would use it for?

Patrick_68000 · Nov 11, 2020

lysan said:
Well it’s nostalgic, I really don’t know what I would use it for?

To play the original Elite ?

fishevi · Nov 11, 2020

I still own operational C64. Good times

Zieman · Nov 11, 2020

fishevi said:
I still own operational C64. Good times

#metoo

metatheurgist · Nov 11, 2020

Mine is still a perfectly functional boat anchor.