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   Message 4,253 of 4,328   
   Dave Drum to Chicken Head   
   Re: Perifractic acquired   
   05 Sep 25 05:26:32   
   
   PID: ProBoard 2.17 Sr   
   -=> CHICKEN HEAD wrote to RUG RAT <=-   
      
    CH> What impresses me about the "new" Commodore is that they've got a lot   
    CH> of the original engineers lined up...including Dave Haynie, who had his   
    CH> hands in the C-128 and designed the AGA chips for Amiga.   
      
   Did I do a Rip Van Winkle and sleep through the start of this saga?   
      
    CH> Heck they even have Leonard Tramiel as "CTO"...Chief Tramiel Officer.   
    CH> Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing given how Atari was run   
    CH> by the Trameil brothers, but it gives me a warm and fuzzy.   
      
   So long as they don't let Mehdi Ali and Irving Gould anywhere near it.   
      
    CH> Would love to see an updated C128 or see the C65 as a "finished"   
    CH> product.  For now I can't wait for my C64U to arrive.  I've been using   
    CH> durexForth in VICE and I can't wait to use it on a "real" C64.   
      
    CH> I think the last update they gave said they are including GEOS with the   
    CH> 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..   
       
   Be nice if they'd bring the Amiga back. Then I could get rid of the emulator   
   and use the real deal.   
      
   I predict I'll be burning some bandwidth using my Bing search engine to   
   check this out.   
      
   ... MS-DOS=suit & tie, Macintosh=cool shades, Amiga=high heels & leather   
      
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