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Commodore 64 is back

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The Register covered it a) better and b) earlier.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/25/commodore_name_bounc...

And it has the story of crazy commodore name lottery. Older stories linked in article.

What is with the last line in the article?

> When we initially phoned Barry Altman this morning, > he said he wasn't Barry Altman.

Isn't that how you deal with bill collectors, not the press?

Awesome! A branded computer I can plug in to my TV -- hey, wait a sec...

Or is the appeal supposed to be the easy-to-use programming environment like the days of old? Qbasic on my TV perhaps?

My guess is it'll be pretty similar to any other Atom PC running Ubuntu.

HDMI does not mean it's supposed to connect to a TV, or if it did all (recent) computers can connect to TVs.

The modern versions: vim + gcc + curses.

Try vim + Python/Ruby/Perl + wx (or whatever you like)

Or, probably better: vim + JavaScript + modern browser

I always tear up a little when I hear Amiga name. Hardware isn't enough though, it would need an AmigaOS at least. But, AmigaOS has it's own share of drama which will make it highly unlikely.

They've been drum beating the trademark acquisition for about 2 years. They've said a lot but so far there isn't anything concrete yet.

Besides the name what makes this a commodore 64?

the picture in the article is misleading. http://www.commodoreusa.net/index.html (middle bottom)

I think they pictured the Pro version. They are making the PC64 one a more authentic replica

The chassis.

the picture looks like an amiga. The screenshot is like AmigaOS >3.x, the keyboard is very similar to my amiga 500 keyboard.

I'll believe it only if they bundle Jumpman

No, that was no Commodore. This a real new Commodore 64, daymit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C64_Direct-to-TV

In response to that other thread about females in tech, this was designed by a very successful female entrepreneur.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeri_Ellsworth

Oh, Ellsworth is amazing. As that article mentions in passing, she did enough research to successfully make transistors from scratch in a pottery kiln.

http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/2545

Funny, I posted that link a couple of hours ago :)

So you did! I stumbled across her work at Maker Faire (too stunned to fanboy, thankfully) and I keep thinking it's a shame she isn't better known.

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