Commodore 64 is back!

Seebs · 04-07-11, 08:44 PM

I ran into this earlier today... Oh man did this bring memories from my childhood days! I was 12 when I got mine in 1984 and enjoyed the hell out of it for years until I was given an Atari 130XE as an upgrade.

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Recreating the Legendary Commodore 64
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.

http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx

jstutman · 04-08-11, 01:38 AM

Holy mother of god, look at those prices.

http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64Select.aspx

Theocnoob · 04-08-11, 04:23 AM

What a joke. 895 for a frickin atom/ion system.
Commodore went down the crapper gradually after Jack T left in 83 I think. Amiga good. Marketing bad. Then Amiga forgot what it was supposed to be and shot itself in the head around 1989-90.

This new C64 thing is really an embarassment to the name of a computer that I grew up with. This would be cool if some guy made them in his garage. That it's COMMODORE is offensive IMO.

ghost_recon88 · 04-08-11, 09:49 AM

Man you could build one of those systems for what, $100?

Theocnoob · 04-08-11, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ghost_recon88

Man you could build one of those systems for what, $100?

The used C64 would run you 10-25 bucks, so assuming you already have a skillsaw and a router, a little more like $200. But ya, the asking price =

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Cuzz you know they literally went into the warehouse where the 500,000 unsold C64's were from 1985 and started cutting.

They tried bringing back the amiga too... It was a PC with some Linux based crapp...

Commodore is being run by crackheads.

ghost_recon88 · 04-08-11, 01:29 PM

I thought they were just selling you a PC capable of running the C64 emulator?

RJARRRPCGP · 04-08-11, 02:02 PM

So they pulled an Apple?

Theocnoob · 04-08-11, 02:07 PM

Super Apple. Apple charges you 3x what they should. This is the new and improved 5x what they should version.

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Originally Posted by ghost_recon88

I thought they were just selling you a PC capable of running the C64 emulator?

A pocket scientific calculator could probably do that if it had VGA out

Diggrr · 04-08-11, 03:34 PM

Really guys?
You could build me a system with a $170 motherboard (+$40 for WiFi daughtercard), $70 DDR3, $40 DVD burner, $20 media reader, $xx IBM keyboard (rare), AND bundle an OS and game package with case and power supply all for around $100-200????

You have a deal!, but don't forget the harddrive, cables and HSF either!

Old Joke: If a bum asks you for 25¢ for a cup of coffee...give it to him and then follow him!
BTW, those are new cases, not just hacked originals. Notice the bump-outs around the I/O and fan?

Seebs · 04-08-11, 08:10 PM

+1 to what Diggrr said...

My post was not so much about the pricing structure of the thing, but about the fact that it brought back such sweet memories from when I was a young one learning my way around Basic and stuff...

I would not pay $900 for one of them, but it did make me think about trying to find my old one and maybe modding a miniITX into it myself.....

You guys are so jaded you can't see the nostalgia aspect of it... Or who knows, maybe some of you weren't even born when these things first came out.

jstutman · 04-08-11, 10:55 PM

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You guys are so jaded you can't see the nostalgia aspect of it... Or who knows, maybe some of you weren't even born when these things first came out.

Thats it! its cause were too stupid to see the nostalgia. No wait, its cause were too damn old.

Oh look its the Commodore VIC20
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_VICPro.aspx

I'll stick with my regular computer and pull out the old Commodore 64 when I want nostalgia. On that note: funniest post ever

Wait, I get it...this is an April Fool from Commodore!

A week late because it took that long to load...LOL

Diggrr · 04-08-11, 10:56 PM

Lolz, my first computer was a Commodore PET, which coincidentally cost more than $900...and I had to write my own games in BASIC!

Seebs · 04-09-11, 02:53 AM

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Oh well... moving on then.

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Theocnoob Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Near Toronto Canada	What a joke. 895 for a frickin atom/ion system. Commodore went down the crapper gradually after Jack T left in 83 I think. Amiga good. Marketing bad. Then Amiga forgot what it was supposed to be and shot itself in the head around 1989-90. This new C64 thing is really an embarassment to the name of a computer that I grew up with. This would be cool if some guy made them in his garage. That it's COMMODORE is offensive IMO. __________________ I've forgotten more than I've learned.
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Diggrr Underwater Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Gun Lake, MI. USA	Really guys? You could build me a system with a $170 motherboard (+$40 for WiFi daughtercard), $70 DDR3, $40 DVD burner, $20 media reader, $xx IBM keyboard (rare), AND bundle an OS and game package with case and power supply all for around $100-200???? You have a deal!, but don't forget the harddrive, cables and HSF either! Old Joke: If a bum asks you for 25¢ for a cup of coffee...give it to him and then follow him! BTW, those are new cases, not just hacked originals. Notice the bump-outs around the I/O and fan? __________________ Rig1: C2D E8400 @3510 Ф Asus P5G41T-M-LX Plus mobo Ф 8 Gigs Ballistix DDR3 1333 Ф Asus GT520 Silent Ф 4 Deep Cool 92mm case fans Ф FSP 1U 460 Watt PSU External Watercooling: 40' Copper Coil Geothermal ground loop Ф Cooling modded MCP350 & MCP355 W/Swiftech white dual pump top Ф D-Tek Fuzion V2, 1/4" Rig2: Via Esther C7 1.5 @ 1.65 Ф Jetway 7F2WE1G5D mITX mobo Ф 1 Gig Generic Ram (max) Ф 120 watt Pico PSU. Life's Tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. ~ Benjamin Franklin Last edited by Diggrr; 04-08-11 at 04:13 PM.
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Seebs Fronting as a Mod Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sunshine State	+1 to what Diggrr said... My post was not so much about the pricing structure of the thing, but about the fact that it brought back such sweet memories from when I was a young one learning my way around Basic and stuff... I would not pay $900 for one of them, but it did make me think about trying to find my old one and maybe modding a miniITX into it myself..... You guys are so jaded you can't see the nostalgia aspect of it... Or who knows, maybe some of you weren't even born when these things first came out. __________________ Daily Driver: GA-890FXA-UD5 - Ph II X6 1090T - 16GB DDR3 1333MHz - HD 5670 - Venomous X Black + 260 CFM San Ace - VX450W - CM 690 II Advanced Join the "Benching Team" - We have secret sauce! - OptyTrooper: GPUs are for burning not playing games anyway Kona on League of Legends: This game sits about as well with me as a gallon of prune juice does, and the results are just as nasty. I done got Pinked... Be sure to pre-tin everything (even soldered stuff!) with leaded solder. None of the RoHS junk. You want good old fashioned toxic heavy metals. ~ Bobnova
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Diggrr Underwater Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Gun Lake, MI. USA	Lolz, my first computer was a Commodore PET, which coincidentally cost more than $900...and I had to write my own games in BASIC! __________________ Rig1: C2D E8400 @3510 Ф Asus P5G41T-M-LX Plus mobo Ф 8 Gigs Ballistix DDR3 1333 Ф Asus GT520 Silent Ф 4 Deep Cool 92mm case fans Ф FSP 1U 460 Watt PSU External Watercooling: 40' Copper Coil Geothermal ground loop Ф Cooling modded MCP350 & MCP355 W/Swiftech white dual pump top Ф D-Tek Fuzion V2, 1/4" Rig2: Via Esther C7 1.5 @ 1.65 Ф Jetway 7F2WE1G5D mITX mobo Ф 1 Gig Generic Ram (max) Ф 120 watt Pico PSU. Life's Tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. ~ Benjamin Franklin
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