Commodore to release PC64

[camomac]

Yep it's true. My first computer..

Specs:

dual-core Intel Atom 525 CPU with Nvidia Ion2 graphics,
4GB DDR3 memory,
1TB hard drive and a CD/DVD drive.
A Blu-ray drive is available as an optional extra.


LINK

On the connectivity front,
the PC64 offers HDMI-out, dual-link DVI,
six USB ports, integrated 802.11n Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth and a 6-in-1 media card reader.

Pricing has not yet been disclosed.


Oh I forgot to mention, it will also be in the same form factor, yep, same
beige case and everything..

 

[rprebel]

It shall be mine. Oh yes...it shall be mine.

 

[MrCheeto]

Now why does this look so familiar...

I wonder...

 

[maflynn]

Interesting but being an atom processor, it seems like they've hamstrung the performance.

 

[camomac]

okay and 3,2,1...

LOAD "*",8,1

i really do hope they bump up the CPU.
seems a little short on processing power.

 

[steve2112]

Wow, that will be great if it happens. I have toyed with the idea of trying to mod something to fit in an original Commodore, but I was always too lazy. Now I can buy it pre-built! I loved my C64.

 

[MrCheeto]

So everybody's getting excited because the Cybernet POS is getting rebranded by a company that bought the rights to the Commodore computers name?

 

[camomac]

Wow, that will be great if it happens. I have toyed with the idea of trying to mod something to fit in an original Commodore, but I was always too lazy. Now I can buy it pre-built! I loved my C64.

something like THIS...

 

[steve2112]

something like THIS...

Yep. I've always admired crazy case modding people. I've never had enough creativity or ability to do stuff like that. The stats may not be that good, but I would totally make one of these a HTPC instead of my Mini. The thought of a C64 parked under my TV appeals to me.

 

[chown33]

On the connectivity front,
the PC64 offers HDMI-out, dual-link DVI,
six USB ports, integrated 802.11n Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth and a 6-in-1 media card reader.

WTF? No cassette port?

 

[Lyle]

My parents have just moved into a new house, and I was helping my Dad empty out a storage unit a couple of weekends ago, when I spotted my old C-64 box on a shelf in the back. "If that actually has my Commodore 64 in it," I said, "it's mine!"

But it just had a bunch of nothing in it. I don't remember whatever became of the C-64, I have to assume it went away in a yard sale long ago.

 

[velocityg4]

Will it be running a modern Amiga OS or GEOS? Seems sort of pointless to buy a Commodore to run Windows or Linux.

 

[Ttownbeast]

Will it be running a modern Amiga OS or GEOS? Seems sort of pointless to buy a Commodore to run Windows or Linux.

From what I have heard it will run 6 different OSes they are working on making OSX compatible with it as well I think. The Amiga OS though requires emulation though.

Link

 

[0098386]

If, IF they made an Amiga 600 in a similar fashion with an updated Workbench to support new stuff and classic floppies...
I'd throw money. I don't care the amount.

Still got all my Amiga games in a protective case. My Amigas not in such a good state also it wouldn't connect to any TV's and I no longer have a controller for it.

 

[CaptMurdock]

It seems to me you could easily fit all the innards of a Mac mini with room to spare in a C64 case. Hell, that keyboard is better than the crap one Apple makes now for the iMac...

 

[steve2112]

If, IF they made an Amiga 600 in a similar fashion with an updated Workbench to support new stuff and classic floppies...
I'd throw money. I don't care the amount.

Still got all my Amiga games in a protective case. My Amigas not in such a good state also it wouldn't connect to any TV's and I no longer have a controller for it.

I loved the Amiga. In high school, there was a group of us who used Commodores. Then one guy got lucky and his parents bought him an Amiga 2000. We were all stunned (and insanely jealous) when we first saw it.

I found this quote from Byte Magazine (1994) in the Wiki article on Amigas:

"The Amiga was so far ahead of its time that almost nobody--including Commodore's marketing department--could fully articulate what it was all about. Today, it's obvious the Amiga was the first multimedia computer, but in those days it was derided as a game machine because few people grasped the importance of advanced graphics, sound, and video. Nine years later, vendors are still struggling to make systems that work like 1985 Amigas.

It's true. While I was in college in the early-mid 90s, I had friend who worked in the TV station on campus. While she was giving me the tour, I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw an Amiga. They were still using the Amiga and Video Toaster for animation, graphics, etc.