Subj : Re: Perifractic acquired Commodore
To : Rug Rat
From : Chicken Head
Date : Wed Sep 03 2025 03:18 pm
Re: Re: Perifractic acquired Commodore
By: Rug Rat to All on Mon Jun 30 2025 10:21 pm
What impresses me about the "new" Commodore is that they've got a lot of the original engineers lined up...including Dave Haynie, who had his hands in the C-128 and designed the AGA chips for Amiga.
Heck they even have Leonard Tramiel as "CTO"...Chief Tramiel Officer. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing given how Atari was run by the Trameil brothers, but it gives me a warm and fuzzy.
Would love to see an updated C128 or see the C65 as a "finished" product. For now I can't wait for my C64U to arrive. I've been using durexForth in VICE and I can't wait to use it on a "real" C64.
I think the last update they gave said they are including GEOS with the C64U.
> Even without the possibility of a new Commodore64 being produced, I would
> think there would be quite a market for just the new chips such as the SID
> and VIC II. As supplies have dried up, leading to people canabalizing what
> would otherwise be repairable machines.
>
> What about a Commodore 128, or 65s?
>
> I would actually like to see a Hybrid TED, the increased color pallet and
> UARTS on the serial bus plus memory would be an interesting BBS machine..
>
