Topic: The New Commodore 64, Updated With Its Old Exterior

[Clive]

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[Simon]

Mmm... and the point is?   

[sam]

yeah, who wants something that looks like that - anymore.  If you want something combined like that then get a mac with it all in the monitor.

[GillE]

I used to have a C64 and it was a super machine.  However, those days are gone.  I reckon this machine is for middle-aged nerds who are desperate to re-live the youth they lost playing Lemmings and Raid Over Moscow.

[Clive]

I didn't have one either but they were much better than my lowly Spectrum.  I agree entirely with what you say Gill.

[Rik]

I hear they're bringing back the wind up gramophone next.

[sam]

but I still own my kick ass old Atari 65XE... why do I need something newer? It sits in a box I occasionally pull out... but I can always just use an emulator. All very strange.

[Clive]

You can also buy an AMIGA 1000 or a VIC PRO .

I always coveted a Vic 20.   

[sam]

i really dont see the point.

[Clive]

Nostalgia dear Sam.  Nostalgia.   

[GillE]

I suppose that for Sam's generation nostalgia is the memory of the discman.

For my generation it's the memory of vinyl 45s.

For Clive's generation it's the memory of wax cylinders.



 

[Simon]

 

[Clive]

I can certainly remember the wind-up gramophones which required a change of needle after every playing.  The records were all 78's made of shellac.  I still have some in the attic! 

[sam]

No for me, its magnetic tape and the wonders of listening to the data flowing off it on to the memory of my old Atari.

[Clive]

The Spectrum was the same.  It usually failed during the final minute of data transfer.