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I wish someone decided to make ZX Spectrum 48k and Commodore 64 again. Those were my childhood micros and I'd love to have them. And by "make them again", I don't mean "stick an emulator on a Raspberry Pi and then stick that Pi inside a shell that resembles those micros", I mean make the exact same hardware again.

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You can use the fonts inside a terminal:

- C64 https://style64.org/c64-truetype

- MSX http://www.ateijelo.com/blog/2016/09/13/making-an-msx-font

- Cool Retro Term https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

Both were produced in very respectable numbers so they are not that expensive to buy used these days, despite the recent appetite for retro HW. Approximately 100 USD.

The C64 can be built from (almost) all new components now.

This is true. I built C64 Reloaded MK2 and it's been great. Amiga has re:amiga and zx has various redos.

Except SID chip. I believe nobody still knows how to make it.

There are multiple SID replacements:

https://retrocomp.cz/produkt?id=2

https://github.com/frntc/SIDKick

These are all in-chip emulators, not real SID chips.

Yes, but if you want to repair a C64 with a broken SID or build a C64 from scratch, it's a decent replacement part even though it's on-chip emulation and not exactly the same sound as a real SID chip.

(Besides, even real SID chips are different from each other.)

I would rather see a 6502- or Z80-based smartwatch platform, honestly. It would totally fit the performance class of those chips, and you could even have some meaningful compatibility with the old 8-bit systems.

My smartwatch can run Windows 3.1 inside an emulator running inside of web browser.

https://zxrenew.co.uk/HARLEQUIN-128K-REV-2D-LARGE-DIY-KIT-p3...

The Commander X16 is a spiritual successor to C128.

In what sense?

Or Mega65

They do, but only a selected few manage to get hold of them, check Spectrum Next.

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