15 Mar
2007
15 Mar
'07
1:51 p.m.
Forwarding:
>> Georg Feil 15/3/2007 12:50 PM >>>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6454113.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6453339.stm
very pretty...
15 Mar
15 Mar
2:26 p.m.
On 15 Mar 2007 at 16:51, M H Stein wrote:
Yes, but what's inside? Is this just another PeeCee?
Cheers,
Chuck
2:35 p.m.
Yup, all high end PC gear, same as the Alienware machines. I'm a
little disappointed in the case, it would've been nice for them to have
at least did a default color design in the C64 colors (ugly as they may
be) and a standard PC keyboard with the colors as well, and maybe come
C= keys and such, would've felt more like they are trying then just a
plain old box. Alienware PC's have really dominated that niche market,
I'm not sure Commodore Gaming will be able to make much of a dent, but
lets wait and see, hopefully they will.
Curt
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 15 Mar 2007 at 16:51, M H Stein wrote:
Yes, but what's inside? Is this just another PeeCee?
Cheers,
Chuck
4:11 p.m.
Wow, that's a fantastic idea...and such a sound business model,
it's sure to be highly profitable. After all, there's such a
shortage of PC hardware on the market, especially the overpriced
"decorated" stuff.
-Dave
On Mar 15, 2007, at 5:35 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Yup, all high end PC gear, same as the Alienware
machines. I'm a
little disappointed in the case, it would've been nice for them to
have at least did a default color design in the C64 colors (ugly as
they may be) and a standard PC keyboard with the colors as well,
and maybe come C= keys and such, would've felt more like they are
trying then just a plain old box. Alienware PC's have really
dominated that niche market, I'm not sure Commodore Gaming will be
able to make much of a dent, but lets wait and see, hopefully they
will.
Curt
Chuck Guzis wrote:
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
On 15 Mar 2007 at 16:51, M H Stein wrote:
Yes, but what's inside? Is this just another PeeCee?
Cheers,
Chuck
5:19 p.m.
LOL!!! Good one Dave! :-)
Curt
Dave McGuire wrote:
Wow, that's a fantastic idea...and such a sound business model, it's
sure to be highly profitable. After all, there's such a shortage of
PC hardware on the market, especially the overpriced "decorated" stuff.
-Dave
On Mar 15, 2007, at 5:35 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Yup, all high end PC gear, same as the Alienware
machines. I'm a
little disappointed in the case, it would've been nice for them to
have at least did a default color design in the C64 colors (ugly as
they may be) and a standard PC keyboard with the colors as well,
and maybe come C= keys and such, would've felt more like they are
trying then just a plain old box. Alienware PC's have really
dominated that niche market, I'm not sure Commodore Gaming will be
able to make much of a dent, but lets wait and see, hopefully they will.
Curt
Chuck Guzis wrote:
--Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
On 15 Mar 2007 at 16:51, M H Stein wrote:
Yes, but what's inside? Is this just another PeeCee?
Cheers,
Chuck
16 Mar
16 Mar
1:12 a.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
Wow, that's a fantastic idea...and such a sound business model, it's
sure to be highly profitable. After all, there's such a shortage of PC
hardware on the market, especially the overpriced "decorated" stuff.
Yes, but with that much power you can be sure they'll be able to run
C64/C128 emulators with ease :-)
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7:18 a.m.
Wow,
that's a fantastic idea...and such a sound business model, it's
sure to be highly profitable. After all, there's such a shortage of PC
hardware on the market, especially the overpriced "decorated" stuff.
Yes, but with that much power you can be sure they'll be able to run
C64/C128 emulators with ease :-) 
17 Mar
17 Mar
3:10 p.m.
On 3/16/07, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
It *does* come with an emulator and 50 games (shades of the stinky old
Web.it there).
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9:08 p.m.
> It *does* come with an emulator and 50 games
(shades of the stinky old
> Web.it there).
Server not found
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Why don't you Google it instead of attaching the Firefox error message?
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16 Mar
16 Mar
11:49 a.m.
On Mar 16, 2007, at 4:12 AM, Jim Leonard wrote:
No doubt. ;)
-Dave
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Port Charlotte, FL
Wow,
that's a fantastic idea...and such a sound business model,
it's sure to be highly profitable. After all, there's such a
shortage of PC hardware on the market, especially the overpriced
"decorated" stuff.
Yes, but with that much power you can be sure they'll be able to
run C64/C128 emulators with ease :-) 
12:31 p.m.
--- Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On Mar 16, 2007, at 4:12 AM, Jim Leonard wrote:
they'll be able to
OOH OOH maybe we can write them and they'll include
the em's with the box. And loads and loads of early
Commie games too! Yeah. And maybe we can even get them
to throw in 900 or 1,000 MAME roms too boot LOL LOL
LOL. Oh and no pun intended :)
I had quickly glanced at the included page. The thing
looked like an oversized hanky dispenser to me.
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> Wow, that's a fantastic idea...and such
a sound
business model,
> it's sure to be highly profitable. After
all,
there's such a
> shortage of PC hardware on the market,
especially
the overpriced
"decorated" stuff.
Yes, but with that much power you can be sure run C64/C128 emulators with ease :-)
No doubt. ;)
12:38 p.m.
Yes sirree... nothing like throwing an overpriced $2,500-$4,000 gaming
system at tackling the emulation of a C64.... especially since for $20
you could buy a C64 DTV joystick ;-)
Curt
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Mar 16, 2007, at 4:12 AM, Jim Leonard wrote:
No doubt. ;)
-Dave
--Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Wow,
that's a fantastic idea...and such a sound business model,
it's sure to be highly profitable. After all, there's such a
shortage of PC hardware on the market, especially the overpriced
"decorated" stuff.
Yes, but with that much power you can be sure they'll be able to run
C64/C128 emulators with ease :-) 
1:03 p.m.
On 3/16/07, Curt @ Atari Museum <curt at atarimuseum.com> wrote:
Yes sirree... nothing like throwing an overpriced
$2,500-$4,000 gaming
system at tackling the emulation of a C64.... especially since for $20
you could buy a C64 DTV joystick ;-)
Or for $13 you could buy a DTV wrapped up in a steering wheel package
playing "Hummer".
-ethan
1:10 p.m.
On Mar 16, 2007, at 4:03 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Or you can pick up a real C64 for five bucks at a yard sale.
-Dave
--
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Port Charlotte, FL
Yes sirree...
nothing like throwing an overpriced $2,500-$4,000
gaming
system at tackling the emulation of a C64.... especially since for
$20
you could buy a C64 DTV joystick ;-)
Or for $13 you could buy a DTV wrapped up in a steering wheel package
playing "Hummer".
1:27 p.m.
On Mar 16, 2007, at 4:19 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I saw a couple last year. Admittedly they are becoming less
common, though.
-Dave
--
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Port Charlotte, FL
Or you can
pick up a real C64 for five bucks at a yard sale.
I haven't been seeing C-64s at yard sales lately, mostly just pre-G3
Macs and sub-500MHz Pentia. 
2:30 p.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Mar 16, 2007, at 4:03 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Or you can pick up a real C64 for five bucks at a yard sale.
Grr, stole my thunder, you did ;)
*retracts previous post*
Actually, I've not seen that many C64s actually *around*, but when I needed
one in order to get an SX64 going again [1] it was a case of about 5 mins of
asking around (on places like freecycle), and I had more offers than I knew
what to do with. There certainly still seemed to be healthy numbers lurking in
attics etc.
[1] The "winner" was a machine with - IIRC - a German keyboard. It didn't
work
and the PSU had gone missing, so in terms of a system that was scavenged for
parts it was almost perfect)
Yes
sirree... nothing like throwing an overpriced $2,500-$4,000 gaming
system at tackling the emulation of a C64.... especially since for $20
you could buy a C64 DTV joystick ;-)
Or for $13 you could buy a DTV wrapped up in a steering wheel package
playing "Hummer". 
2:22 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: Commodore's new PCs
Actually, I've not seen that many C64s actually
*around*, but when I
needed
one in order to get an SX64 going again [1] it was a
case of about 5 mins
of
asking around (on places like freecycle), and I had
more offers than I
knew
what to do with. There certainly still seemed to be
healthy numbers
lurking in
attics etc.
[1] The "winner" was a machine with - IIRC - a German keyboard. It didn't
work
and the PSU had gone missing, so in terms of a system
that was scavenged
for
parts it was almost perfect)
There are quite a few around, they are just not advertised much. Last year I
posted on freecycle looking for old 68K Macs and Amigas and snagged 2x
C64's, 2x 1541 drives, 1802 monitor, 2 Commodore printers, a modem, and misc
games all working from the same place. Some people I have seen on the net
have dozens of C64s for some reason. Anything made in that quantity will be
around this earth for a while.
Most people don't want a real C64 with a 1541 drive that needs 5.25" DD
floppies that take a minute to load, they want an emulator that plays ROMs
they download off the net instantly (or maybe a real C64 with a 1000 in 1
Cartridge).
TZ
2:27 p.m.
On 3/16/07, Teo Zenios <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote:
There are quite a few around, they are just not
advertised much.
I'd agree with that. Those that haven't made it to the landfill are
sitting in closets around the world, especially in Europe.
Anything made in that quantity will be around this
earth for a while.
More than 17,000,000? Assuredly.
Most people don't want a real C64 with a 1541
drive that needs 5.25" DD
floppies that take a minute to load, they want an emulator that plays ROMs
they download off the net instantly (or maybe a real C64 with a 1000 in 1
Cartridge).
Heh... personally, I want to take one of my DTV boards and hack it
into something like a 1581 so that all you have to do is pull a 3.5"
floppy out of your backpack, plug in a keyboard and hook it up to a
monitor. If I could find an inexpensive PlayStation-1 LCD monitor,
I'd consider a C-64 laptop, though. I wouldn't be the first to do it,
but I'd do it all the same.
I have lots of fond memories programming the C-64, including my first
3 jobs. I probably spend more emulation time in VICE than any other
environment to this day.
-ethan
2:23 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
On 3/16/07, Curt @ Atari Museum <curt at
atarimuseum.com> wrote:
Or for free you could have a real C64...
(actually, the "Amigarised" shaped cases are easy to find; it seems a bit more
tricky - at least in the UK - to get a "proper shape" C64 these days)
Yes sirree... nothing like throwing an overpriced
$2,500-$4,000 gaming
system at tackling the emulation of a C64.... especially since for $20
you could buy a C64 DTV joystick ;-)
Or for $13 you could buy a DTV wrapped up in a steering wheel package
playing "Hummer".
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