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Weighing in on known defect rates for the Commodore 64

Weighing in on known defect rates for the Commodore 64

Feb 16, 2018

Inspired by a discussion on AtariAge, I was curious if there were any defect rate numbers available for the Commodore 64 to see if it indeed was significantly more failure prone than select contemporaries like the Apple II and Atari 8-bit, and how the percentages worked out (not that we’d...

The Longest Lived Personal Computing Platforms

The Longest Lived Personal Computing Platforms

Oct 3, 2017

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, there are some of us – me included, naturally – who just aren’t happy unless we replace our electronic devices every year or two. The promise of faster, better, and just more of what we already love is hard to resist. Of course, this...

Press Release: Cloanto Releases Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 7

Press Release: Cloanto Releases Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 7

Jun 23, 2017

June 23, 2017 – Cloanto released today Amiga Forever 7 and C64 Forever 7, the latest versions of the official Commodore/Amiga preservation, emulation and support suites for Windows. The new editions are the result of more than 18 months of uninterrupted work since the previous major release. The active code...

Review: Commodore SX-64 Keyboard Replacement Solution (plus 64JPX Red)

Review: Commodore SX-64 Keyboard Replacement Solution (plus 64JPX Red)

May 15, 2016

Commodore’s SX-64 was an ahead-of-its-time, transportable color computer based around the core technology in the legendary Commodore 64 (book). Unfortunately, the SX-64’s external keyboard is notoriously failure prone. In fact, of the two keyboards I have, one is completely dead and one barely registers a key press (and in fact lately...

News: A New Commodore 64 is Coming Out (and a healthy dose of skepticism)

News: A New Commodore 64 is Coming Out (and a healthy dose of skepticism)

Apr 14, 2016

An attempt at a modern Commodore 64 (C-64) computer and gaming handheld was revealed this morning on Indiegogo, ahead of what was previously supposed to be an April 19th announcement. Headed by a company called Retro Games Ltd., who are out of Knaresborough, United Kingdom, the plans are to release...

A quick look at Gorf with Magic Voice for the Commodore 64 (includes video)

A quick look at Gorf with Magic Voice for the Commodore 64 (includes video)

Jan 29, 2016

I was messing around with some PAL- and NTSC-based Commodore 64 stuff, and just happened to finally get a chance to test out a Commodore Magic Voice Speech Module with the Commodore cartridge conversion of Bally Midway’s arcade classic, Gorf. Both are fairly early Commodore products and definitely not the...

Cloanto Releases Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 2016!

Cloanto Releases Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 2016!

Nov 28, 2015

Commodore fans, rejoice! Cloanto has just released the 2016 versions of their superior Commodore Amiga and Commodore 8-bit emulators, Amiga Forever, and C64 Forever. Here are the new features in Amiga Forever: New user interface with gorgeous high-DPI display features (“retina”/4K density and beyond, multi-monitor) Ability to merge Amiga and...

Soulless (Commodore 64) review

Soulless (Commodore 64) review

Oct 24, 2014

Soulless title screen Over the past several years, there has been a renaissance of sorts in the Commodore 64 homebrew community, with regular releases of commercial quality games on cartridge. Whether it’s with graphics, like with C64anabalt (2011, Paul Koller), which looks nearly as good as the modern mobile and...

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