MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: C64 is back!

> The new iteration of the classic computer won't run Windows (although the company
> claims you'll be able to install it if you so choose). Instead, the Commodore 64 runs
> a version of the Linux operating system on an Intel processor, and boasts 2GB of
> memory and a modern Blu-ray or rewritable DVD optical drive.
> The past isn't forgotten, however: The company claims that consumers will be able to
> play all their favorite 8-bit era games within seconds of turning the Commodore 64
> on, by running software that emulates the original operating system.
>
> Commadore USA

Everyone seems to treasure that system like crazy, I wish I would know it. My first interaction with a computer was an 80286 on 1992 (at twelve years old) and an AtariST at fourteen years old. I had a friend who owned a Japanese MSX2 with Gradius III (his father is japanese) but that's all I know about systems attached to TVs, I've never seen a Commodore in my life.

On 1994 my first computer was a Mitac with Green (?) 486/SX 33Mhz processor, 200MB hard drive, 4MB RAM, no sound card or CD-ROM, Cirrus Logic 2MB video and preloaded with Windows 3.1. At that time I didn't know so much about computers. Later we found out for the same price my parents could have brought a Pentium 66Mhz based PC.

It's curious how I miss sounds in Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Lotus, Monkey Island, and Prince of Persia as PC speaker than with my later brought Sound Blaster 16 Pro.