The Commodore 64 is back.. Maybe.. Not really.. Kinda

----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Liendo" <christian_liendo at yahoo.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:47 AM Subject: The Commodore 64 is back.. Maybe.. Not really.. Kinda A bit lame trying to type on the original C64 layout and keyboard in Windows, they could have use the C64C design to lower carpel tunnel lawsuits. Instead of building a PC it would have been cool to have a functional C64 but with USB for joysticks, proper VGA/DVI out, a CDROM, HD, and built in networking for moving old data and installing programs but a port for the older 1541/1571 drives so you can backup your originals or play them. Device drivers for all of that stuff could have been burned to ROM so the thing instantly boots and works (plus a bit more then 64K of RAM would be nice). Something that would allow you to use all the old software but make life so much easier (and maybe a CPU accelerator to do new things). Of course this would mean some actual design work instead of just making a new case and using an off the shelf atom laptop motherboard.