Why We're Protecting Your Commodore 64 Ultimate FPGA

commodore.net

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Many bought or otherwise contributed to the hype of these machines based on the openness of unlocked FPGA and open source HDL/firmware.

Now, after the fact, they want to lock the FPGAs of already shipped devices to only accept Commodore-signed firmware.

Worse, try and present it as a good thing for the customer, with such patronizing headline and article. Disgusting.

Archive: https://archive.is/VLzX3

I can see where they're coming from. However, they could refuse servicing modded devices, and instead gate their support form with a mandatory question that says, "Have you ever uploaded third-party mods to the FPGA?"

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