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The Commodore 64 is back on the production line for the first time in 30 years (www.techradar.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.cafe to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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The Commodore 64 is officially back. Just months after signing paperwork to acquire the original brand and assets, Commodore 64 Ultimates are slowly rolling off the assembly line, and some units may arrive in customers' hands before the holidays.

This news comes direct from Commodore CEO Peri Fractic (aka Christian Simpson), who posted a video from the assembly floor. [Warning, TT link]

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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's really neato. What kinda chip you got in there a dorito?

[–] notreallyhere@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

silly

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I love seeing projects like this.

I'm sure this first batch they are shipping will fill a certain niche demand and surely sell out. But after that I'm not so sure what the plan is or how it's going to work out. Teaching? Retro afficianodos?a revival of commodore basic as a business operating system?

We've just come so far with emulators and cheaper, more capable, modern hardware that fits today's computing world and the future. Learning how we solved computing 30-40 years ago is totally cool and relevant to a specific group but it's not huge.

It would be awesome to learn that the team has plans to modernize and build on what's there.

[–] robotech@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

C64 II when?