The Commodore 64 is back!
Well, sort of. In the 1980′s the Commodore 64 was the most popular home computer. Commodore sold millions of them, and many of their users became programmers or other technology workers.
While Apple got most of the glory, the Commodore 64 was of the “blue collar” computer.
I wasn’t aware of this, but a company recenly bought the rights to the Commodore name and put up a new web site, http://commodoreusa.net just last month.
The new Commodore 64 is actually a stand-alone computer that looks like the old Commodore 64 on the outside, but inside is a computer from today. It comes with a mini-ITX motherboard and a Dual-Core 525 Atom processor. Not exactly a speed burner, but it’ll get the job done.
The rear of the machine has the usual modern complement of USB ports and DVI video out. A Blu-Ray capable DVD R/W is optional from the side.
The unit comes with a version of Ubuntu Linux, and eventually you will be able to boot into the old Commodore operating system. It looks like that feature is not ready for prime time as yet/
Apparently, you’ll be able to load Windows on this computer, too. When you boot up, you’ll be able to choose which operating system to use.
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- Commodore 64 Returns as More Powerful Machine (shoppingblog.com)
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- Commodore64 – The New Hotness! (nerdjunkies.com)
Categories: Hardware, Operating Systems Tags: Linux, Windows 7