The NEW Commodore XX.
I love this feature:
"Preloaded with a C64 emulator, containing more than 50 classic games".
-peekay
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Peekay Semyorka
Registered User
Join date: 18 Nov 2006
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03-19-2007 10:33
Would I need a Super Expander card to run SL with this config?
The NEW Commodore XX. I love this feature: "Preloaded with a C64 emulator, containing more than 50 classic games". -peekay |
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Phoenix Psaltery
Ninja Wizard
Join date: 25 Feb 2005
Posts: 2,599
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03-19-2007 11:00
This should run SL very well indeed. The only thing you may need to do is update the video drivers; I've heard of people having issues in SL with the 8800 cards.
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Howard Sachs
Human Scum
Join date: 4 Nov 2005
Posts: 124
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Holly Molly and her twins
03-19-2007 15:45
Hmm.. does it come with Turbotape II ? Or else, not interested..
My first personal computer was a C64, actually. What we see here is not a real Commodore. IIRC, a guy or group bought the rights to use the Commodore brand name. According to the "About us" information on their site, that happened in 2005. They are building PCs using standard (high quality) parts. As for the price on those systems.. I don't want to know. 2x150GB 10K RPM RAID + 1x 500GB 7200 RPM HD, pretty expensive SB soundcard, expensive Intel CPU, 2x of the best high end gamer graphics card currently available in a SLI setup, and so on. Add to this the cost of the graphic decoration on the case, the thorough testing every single system is going through before they send it out (which really is a good thing, by the way, that way you can be sure everything works and is optimized for best possible performance when you receive yours, like Alienware do with their systems), and of course the price they paid for the rights to the Commodore brand name. They claimed somewhere that they hope to be able to compete on price. I am looking forward to see what it all will cost, although I doubt they will be able to cut it lower than Alienware. Another thing.. I can only choose United Kingdom in settings. I guess that means they will only deliver to a limited area of the world market? At least it is in Europe, so I am not complaining. _____________________
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Uvas Umarov
Phone Weasel Advocate
Join date: 8 Feb 2007
Posts: 622
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03-19-2007 15:52
Yea, well, my first was a VIC20, the Commadore64 was an upgrade
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Tod69 Talamasca
The Human Tripod ;)
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 4,107
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03-19-2007 19:44
If those hold up as well as the original did- and I still have mine- then I'd go for one! But only 50 games built-in?? PFfftttt- I have more than that sitting upstairs in a case
 LOL! I had to explain to my fiancee what a "Disk Puncher" was. Remember? The old trick with the Single Sided/Double Density floppies? Punch a write/protect notch on the other edge & you now have a Dual Sided Floppy Disk.  |
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Usagi Musashi
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Join date: 24 Oct 2004
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03-19-2007 21:12
Very nice setup. whats the cost over there? i love the dual 8800 gtx Graphic Cards.
The only thing I don`t like is the Pre installed Vista, which has had not working for some on sl......Other then that very nice. |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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Join date: 22 Dec 2003
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03-19-2007 23:14
So when SL be on Sinclair Z-81?
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Usagi Musashi
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03-19-2007 23:43
If those hold up as well as the original did- and I still have mine- then I'd go for one! But only 50 games built-in?? PFfftttt- I have more than that sitting upstairs in a case LOL! I had to explain to my fiancee what a "Disk Puncher" was. Remember? The old trick with the Single Sided/Double Density floppies? Punch a write/protect notch on the other edge & you now have a Dual Sided Floppy Disk. WAIT your forgetting the color as well...... we want white |
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Mitsou Fraisse
Absolute Beginner
Join date: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 38
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03-20-2007 07:45
Ooh, the Sinclair -- I had forgotten all about that one! My brother in law had one of those....
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bilbo99 Emu
Garrett's No.1 fan
Join date: 27 Oct 2006
Posts: 3,468
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03-20-2007 07:53
Ooh, the Sinclair -- I had forgotten all about that one! My brother in law had one of those.... had? ... HAD?!? .. TRAITOR!!! ... I still have mine .. and the DKtronics keyboard .. and the Fuller Joystick interface .. and the smouldering, pyrotechnical foil printer! ROFL .. got an Atari Falcon in a box in the loft too |
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IC Fetid
Registered User
Join date: 19 Oct 2005
Posts: 145
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03-20-2007 09:16
So when SL be on Sinclair Z-81? Isn't that what they use for the asset server? |
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Yiffy Yaffle
Purple SpiritWolf Mystic
Join date: 22 Oct 2004
Posts: 2,802
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03-20-2007 16:08
I always loved my C64. I even rigged up a 1541 drive to run on a PC once, using star commander for DOS to transfer the disks to roms.
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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03-20-2007 17:08
Isn't that what they use for the asset server? I'm not sure if that upgrade's been done yet. _____________________
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