Commodore 64 to reboot as 'Phoenix'

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Don McKenzie

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Commodore 64 to reboot as 'Phoenix'

For those of you that have been around long enough to remember:
http://evergeek.com/News/3438.aspx

Have a look at the pictures near the bottom of the page
What are they thinking?

Cheers Don...


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Don McKenzie wrote:
Commodore 64 to reboot as 'Phoenix'

For those of you that have been around long enough to remember:
http://evergeek.com/News/3438.aspx

Have a look at the pictures near the bottom of the page
What are they thinking?

Cheers Don...
Click to expand...
A little late for April 1st ...
 
Hi,

On 13/04/2010 7:00, Don McKenzie wrote:
Commodore 64 to reboot as 'Phoenix'

For those of you that have been around long enough to remember:
http://evergeek.com/News/3438.aspx

Have a look at the pictures near the bottom of the page
What are they thinking?
Click to expand...
This is not a C64, and is not even a real attempt at a reboot, but
rather a bunch of crap.

Look at:
http://www.cybernetman.com/en/products/zero-footprint-pc/zpc-gx31.cfm

Looks familiar?

More precisely, it's just a PC, and a company who produces and designs
nothing (commodoreusa.net), but simply resells other people's products,
decided to flog it as a "C64" to try and lure in some suckers. They
don't even have rights to the Commodore name or logo.

So far they have done a reasonable job of tricking 'tech sites' into
publishing their amazing 'news releases'. It's scary to think how easy
it is these days for anyone to produce a news release, and then a bunch
of 'news sites' will publish it blindly without too much verification.

Regards,

Ross..
 
Ross Vumbaca wrote:

Look at:
http://www.cybernetman.com/en/products/zero-footprint-pc/zpc-gx31.cfm

Looks familiar?
Click to expand...
I just noticed it has a standard DB-9 serial, and DB-25 parallel port.

I wonder how many peripherals are designed to plug into these types of
ports these days.

Cheers Don...



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"Don McKenzie" <5V@2.5A> wrote in message
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Commodore 64 to reboot as 'Phoenix'

For those of you that have been around long enough to remember:
http://evergeek.com/News/3438.aspx

Have a look at the pictures near the bottom of the page
What are they thinking?

Cheers Don...
Click to expand...
Twin Serial Ports???? It is a 64.


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On 13/04/2010 14:25, Don McKenzie wrote:

I just noticed it has a standard DB-9 serial, and DB-25 parallel port.

I wonder how many peripherals are designed to plug into these types of
ports these days.
Click to expand...
As far as normal consumers go, probably just mid-high end printers. For
example my new Brother laser has USB + parallel on it.

However many PC motherboards still have a parallel and serial port and
since the machine is just an shrunken PC, it's not that big a shock, in
my opinion..

Regards,

Ross..
 
Don McKenzie wrote:
Ross Vumbaca wrote:

Look at:
http://www.cybernetman.com/en/products/zero-footprint-pc/zpc-gx31.cfm

Looks familiar?

I just noticed it has a standard DB-9 serial, and DB-25 parallel port.

I wonder how many peripherals are designed to plug into these types of
ports these days.

Cheers Don...
Click to expand...
These days not many but I still use them a lot for my retro/vintage
activities, EPROM burning etc.

On my real C64 and VIC-20 however it's easier to take out the SD card, pop
it into my PC and copy stuff onto or off it and then put it back into the
Commodore.
 
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:46:01 +1000, Ross Vumbaca wrote:


As far as normal consumers go, probably just mid-high end printers. For
example my new Brother laser has USB + parallel on it.
Click to expand...
By consumer, I take it you mean single computer home bods?
Otherwise, mid-high end means network port in my experience
 
On Apr 13, 10:46 pm, Ross Vumbaca <ros...@au.com.optushome> wrote:
On 13/04/2010 14:25, Don McKenzie wrote:

I just noticed it has a standard DB-9 serial, and DB-25 parallel port.

I wonder how many peripherals are designed to plug into these types of
ports these days.

As far as normal consumers go, probably just mid-high end printers. For
example my new Brother laser has USB + parallel on it.

However many PC motherboards still have a parallel and serial port and
since the machine is just an shrunken PC, it's not that big a shock, in
my opinion..

Regards,

Ross..
Click to expand...
Most I have seen still have serial and parallel, usually just as
headers on the board that you buy an optional back slot connector with
a ribbon cable running back to the header. Other than that you are
stuck with a serial card.
 
Cocky wrote:
On my real C64 and VIC-20 however it's easier to take out the SD card, pop
it into my PC and copy stuff onto or off it and then put it back into the
Commodore.
Click to expand...
Oh, right! I'd like to see you do that!

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Cocky wrote:

On my real C64 and VIC-20 however it's easier to take out the SD
card, pop it into my PC and copy stuff onto or off it and then put
it back into the Commodore.

Oh, right! I'd like to see you do that!
Click to expand...
http://www.jbrain.net/products/uIEC%7B47%7DSD.html
 
Cocky wrote:
Dr. Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF "
"leo.fabian.the.arselifting.faggot@kangarooistan.com.au is a stupid arselifting moron . wrote:
Cocky wrote:

On my real C64 and VIC-20 however it's easier to take out the SD
card, pop it into my PC and copy stuff onto or off it and then put
it back into the Commodore.

Oh, right! I'd like to see you do that!

http://www.jbrain.net/products/uIEC%7B47%7DSD.html
Click to expand...
LOL! How retarded is that?

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- KRudd at his finest.

"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!"
- Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.

"This is the recession we had to have!"
- Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.

"Silly old bugger!"
- Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke
responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.

"By 1990, no child will live in poverty"
- Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.

"A billion trees ..."
- Borke, pissed as a newt again.

"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor
general!"
- Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his
appointee for Governor General John Kerr.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!"
- FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.

"I don't care what you fuckers think!"
- KRudd the KRude Rat at his finest again.

"We'll just change it all when we get in."
- Garrett the carrott
 
Dr. Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF "
<""leo.fabian.the.arselifting.faggot\"@kangarooistan.com.au is a stupid
arselifting moron . wrote:
Cocky wrote:
Dr. Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF "
"leo.fabian.the.arselifting.faggot@kangarooistan.com.au is a stupid
arselifting moron . wrote:
Cocky wrote:

On my real C64 and VIC-20 however it's easier to take out the SD
card, pop it into my PC and copy stuff onto or off it and then put
it back into the Commodore.

Oh, right! I'd like to see you do that!

http://www.jbrain.net/products/uIEC%7B47%7DSD.html

LOL! How retarded is that?
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Quite a lot compared to it's bigger brothers, but it's designed to be
mounted inside internally so it's the most compact size.
 
Benny wrote:
Is there somewhere to put my old 4 1/2 inch floppy?
Benny
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I have never seen a 4 1/2 inch floppy.

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"Oldus Fartus" <denisand@westozNOSPAMcomputers.com> wrote in message
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Benny wrote:
Is there somewhere to put my old 4 1/2 inch floppy?
Benny

I have never seen a 4 1/2 inch floppy.

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Big belly?
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Clocky wrote:
Benny wrote:
Is there somewhere to put my old 4 1/2 inch floppy?
Benny

I know where my 8 inch floppy is...


No need to mention your boyfriends bits
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"Clocky" <notgonn@happen.com> wrote in message
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Benny wrote:
Is there somewhere to put my old 4 1/2 inch floppy?
Benny

I know where my 8 inch floppy is... ;-)
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You could come from Sud Africa and have a 3 1/2 stiffy

 
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