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I don't believe there is One Commodore company. I think there is multiple ones that own different parts. I could be wrong. I do know if you are a fan of Commodore you should look into the company Cloanto. Specifically their C64 Forever and Amiga Forever emulators. When you buy them you are also buying a license for the Commodore ROMs and OSes.
It really is nice playing Commodore games on my PCs. I buy a every new version they come out with.
 
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I absolutely love Commodore. But this does little for Commodore other than allowing branding on things non Commodore. Official C=64 teeshirts, coffeemugs, hoodies, mouse pads, themed x64 based laptops, etc. Not helpful.

We need new 'official' hardware with the feel. Maybe a RISC-V using Petscii bare metal. Boots into simple CLI. With a simplified GPU like a Vera or adjacent. Comes with text editor, macro assembler, BASIC, C, and Pascal compilers, debuggers, and decent instructions to get newbs into it. A modern opensource CPU can easily emulate old CBM systems, just want a clean slate in the style of; under one roof.
 
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One could imagine the Commodore brand would fit well with a fully US-designed and manufactured RISC-V based competitor to Raspberry Pi. However, rather than Python or Assembler, Basic, C and Pascal, how about Assembler, Go, Rust and Julia along with free built-in subscriptions to Copilot, Claude Code and Gemini Code Assist?

On the other hand, maybe not.
 
That's fairly rad. This stuff was all before my time, but the idea of a fanatic enthusiast getting to own the brand they are fanatic about is a cool story.
 
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Unless some original Commodore hardware and software engineers — the real soul of the company — can be involved in some capacity, I’m honestly not that enthused. Do wish them well.
 
Sluggotg said:
I don't believe there is One Commodore company. I think there is multiple ones that own different parts. I could be wrong. I do know if you are a fan of Commodore you should look into the company Cloanto. Specifically their C64 Forever and Amiga Forever emulators. When you buy them you are also buying a license for the Commodore ROMs and OSes.
It really is nice playing Commodore games on my PCs. I buy a every new version they come out with.
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Did you watch the video? It's nice that you're offering your bit of knowledge… but evidently Peri — as the video details — researched, knows, and shared the exact iterations of the Commodore IP in authoritative detail. Just watch it.
 
codewar65 said:
I absolutely love Commodore. But this does little for Commodore other than allowing branding on things non Commodore. Official C=64 teeshirts, coffeemugs, hoodies, mouse pads, themed x64 based laptops, etc. Not helpful.

We need new 'official' hardware with the feel. Maybe a RISC-V using Petscii bare metal. Boots into simple CLI. With a simplified GPU like a Vera or adjacent. Comes with text editor, macro assembler, BASIC, C, and Pascal compilers, debuggers, and decent instructions to get newbs into it. A modern opensource CPU can easily emulate old CBM systems, just want a clean slate in the style of; under one roof.
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Huh? Did you watch the video? It's literally about the opposite of what you're saying; not just merch, but new products, like you're saying. Especially if they end up owning the brand, of course…

Despite being an 80s kid, I actually had nearly no interaction with Commodore in my life; I was a PC kid. But this sounds like a fun adventure; best of luck to them.
 
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Huh? Did you watch the video? It's literally about the opposite of what you're saying; not just merch, but new products, like you're saying. Especially if they end up owning the brand, of course…

Despite being an 80s kid, I actually had nearly no interaction with Commodore in my life; I was a PC kid. But this sounds like a fun adventure; best of luck to them.
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Yes. I watched it several time. Apparently, we got different info from the vid. I was a 70's kid. VIC-20, C=64, C128. I went IBM when the Amiga arrived.
 
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Yes. I watched it several time. Apparently, we got different info from the vid. I was a 70's kid. VIC-20, C=64, C128. I went IBM when the Amiga arrived.
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I'm 70 and was around for all. I really had no interest for the C=64 at the time. I was an FSE before this newfangled stuff arrived. Huge heavy 80 column punch card machines, big floppies, 7 & 9 track tape drives. The simplicity of modern PC's is overwhelming.
Commodore cut the 50 pin SCSI in favor of IDE. YUCK! Plus other A-1 hardware starting with the 4000 series. I had a 4000-040. Hated it.
 
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