Commodore 64 rides again

[Garry Russell]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12997245

[airboatr]

wonder if it has built in sound effects to simulate the floppy drive grinding away.

[jonesey2k]

I've got an old Atari St in the loft, I wonder if I could fit an micro atx board in there...

[nigelb]

The C-64 had the same 6502 chip as my Apple //e which still works!

[Garry Russell]

So that's your Apple core???

[airboatr]

I've heard that every mac actually has and apple in them.

[nigelb]

Yep, both had the same core. I added a "Zip Chip" to mine which increased the speed to 4mhz. Don't laugh - it boots faster than Windows XP!

Nigel²

[austerdriver]

I saw one of these on Youtube a while back with the same sort of specs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qML38HBwzmg

EDIT: found the video I was referring to

[jonesey2k]

Tech has moved on since then though. I mean here I am browsing the Internet on a 1ghz battery powered toutchscreen tablet at the end of the garden in front of a BBQ with a beer. I bet people didn't think that was possible when the C64 was out... Or even 10 years ago! Even at this vast distance from the router I'm still getting 4 mbit download and 2 mbit upload!

[airboatr]

I'm surfing from an LG Optimus Mark


Going back about sixteen years ago I had a Sharp Wizard 512. It was capable of faxing.
Cost around 600.00