Anybody remember the Commandor 64?

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Cliff Harding Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 Aug 99 Posts: 644 Credit: 35,389,932 RAC: 38,673	Message 1104670 - Posted: 9 May 2011, 16:29:45 UTC
	The Commandor 64 is making a comeback. Can you image crunching on one? http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_Home.aspx
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-BeNt- Send message Joined: 17 Oct 99 Posts: 1234 Credit: 10,116,112 RAC: 0	Message 1104673 - Posted: 9 May 2011, 16:48:53 UTC - in response to Message 1104670. Last modified: 9 May 2011, 16:53:27 UTC
	The Commandor 64 is making a comeback. Can you image crunching on one? http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_Home.aspx Commandor 64 or the Commodore 64? lol just poking....I bet the Commando 64 would really kill some work units. Maybe I'll even buy the Osama printer to go with it, oh wait it just oozes ink though. Too soon? Seriously though the new one doesn't look bad for someone needing something smaller than a tower though. 3GB of ram, atom dual core processor, and the ION2 chipset. Plus it's got all the card readers you would need and the dvd/blu ray drive. Would probably make for a nice media center pc with network attached storage! There are a few guys here crunching on Atoms, they are slow but not bad as a side cruncher. ____________ Traveling through space at ~67,000mph!
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Eve - Pyro nl Send message Joined: 5 Jul 06 Posts: 52 Credit: 17,962,557 RAC: 10,236	Message 1104696 - Posted: 9 May 2011, 18:19:20 UTC - in response to Message 1104673.
	thats awesome ;o ____________ Joined Seti@home on 20 June 1999 (id:797875) Made This1 to Join the Eve Team http://www.eveonline.com/seti/
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 23345 Credit: 4,627,305 RAC: 3,952	Message 1104699 - Posted: 9 May 2011, 18:32:33 UTC
	I've got a Commodore 64, A Vic 20, and a BBC B, and somewhere an Acorn atom thingy....
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JohnDK Send message Joined: 28 May 00 Posts: 777 Credit: 21,175,949 RAC: 25,646	Message 1104706 - Posted: 9 May 2011, 19:33:37 UTC
	Had a C64 once upon a time, don't anymore. Do still have a Amiga 500, so I'm just wondering why they call the new Amiga for Amiga??
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Tom95134 Send message Joined: 27 Nov 01 Posts: 205 Credit: 2,744,679 RAC: 1,319	Message 1104710 - Posted: 9 May 2011, 19:47:10 UTC - in response to Message 1104670.
	The Commandor 64 is making a comeback. Can you image crunching on one? http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_Home.aspx I have a friend that is from Bulgaria and periodically waxes about how good the Commodore 64 was. I think he still has a bunch of games for the original. ____________
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rcthardcore Send message Joined: 23 Nov 08 Posts: 11 Credit: 253,589 RAC: 0	Message 1104763 - Posted: 9 May 2011, 22:01:58 UTC
	I still have my Commodore 64 and my Commodore 128. They both still work! I had to get a replacement disk drive for them. Found 2 of them on EBAY. Luckily I still have all of my games.
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Aurora Borealis Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 Jan 01 Posts: 2975 Credit: 4,288,675 RAC: 1,658	Message 1104772 - Posted: 9 May 2011, 23:14:24 UTC Last modified: 9 May 2011, 23:20:17 UTC
	Look to the left to see my first computer... Also had C64 and C128. Finally gave in and got a 286 PC when Amiga became a dying breed. P.S. I work for an electronics recycler. I see all kinds of old systems come through. ____________ Questions? Answers are in the "Unofficial" BOINC Wiki. Boinc V7.0.27 Win7 i5 3.33G 4GB, GTX470
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Alinator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Apr 05 Posts: 4139 Credit: 3,167,306 RAC: 6,135	Message 1104802 - Posted: 10 May 2011, 0:49:06 UTC - in response to Message 1104670. Last modified: 10 May 2011, 1:30:40 UTC
	LOL... as far as number crunching today goes, no, I don't think so! :-D But back in the day when they were getting phased out of production and you could pick one up dirt cheap, I was working for a guy who bought one and developed what actually was released as a commercial product as an analytical/QC instrument based on the C64's general hardware and software platform. IIRC, they eventually sold enough of 'em so the whole project was at least break even financially. I guess that says something about what how good it was back then! ;-)
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James Nelson Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Mar 02 Posts: 377 Credit: 1,811,999 RAC: 446	Message 1104838 - Posted: 10 May 2011, 3:24:27 UTC
	loved the old c-64 even have an emulator its really a riot to see that blue screen on a modern computer, great to play a few rounds of commando, or jumpman. ____________
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nick Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 22 Jul 05 Posts: 281 Credit: 2,663,348 RAC: 215	Message 1104841 - Posted: 10 May 2011, 4:02:37 UTC - in response to Message 1104763. Last modified: 10 May 2011, 4:03:49 UTC
	whats the 128 version? never heard of it before, and yes they were before my time...lol ____________
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Wandering Willie Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 134 Credit: 1,325,059 RAC: 1,944	Message 1104879 - Posted: 10 May 2011, 8:35:48 UTC - in response to Message 1104841. Last modified: 10 May 2011, 8:42:48 UTC
	whats the 128 version? never heard of it before, and yes they were before my time...lol The Commodore 128 was launched at the Las-Vegas Consumer Electronic Show 1985. edit]http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=96
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Highlander Send message Joined: 5 Oct 99 Posts: 134 Credit: 29,503,818 RAC: 14,436	Message 1104897 - Posted: 10 May 2011, 11:01:40 UTC Last modified: 10 May 2011, 11:02:58 UTC
	here is still a running one C64: ____________
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 23345 Credit: 4,627,305 RAC: 3,952	Message 1104910 - Posted: 10 May 2011, 11:51:10 UTC
	ooooohh 5-1/4" disk drives. I've still got some brand new 8" floppy disks almost collectors items now.
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