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img|http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/c64laptop_01.jpg|left]Ben Heck, console modder extraordinaire, has just finished up his new...

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We saw the amazing Commodore 64 laptop Mod from Ben Heck previously on geeky gadgets, he now has a new version out.

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Torvalds got his start in computers with a Commodore VIC-20, an 8-bit home computer. He then moved on to a Sinclair QL. Wikipedia reports that he modified the Sinclair "extensively, especially its operating system. ... Stallman's crusade for free software started with a printer. At the MIT lab, he and other hackers were allowed to modify code on printers so that they sent convenient alert messages. However, a new printer came along – one that they were not allowed to ...

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Ben Heck unveils his latest creation: the Commodore 64 Laptop Revision 2. This upgraded model now features a “newer 1541 -III Ultimate SD-card based storage solution / disk emulator” as well as USB and Ethernet ports. ...

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US $19.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Jun-16-2009 8:08:52 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list.

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Commodore computers files Bankruptcy. Microsoft releases its beta for Windows 95. Rasmus Lerdorf creates PHP. MS-DOS 6.22 was released. Microsoft releases Windows 3.11. 1995: Intel releases the new motherboard form factor ATX. ...

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(Credit: Wikipedia) Apple rejected a fully licensed emulator of the venerable Commodore 64 ( C64 ) based on the SDK rules that specifically prohibit interpreted or executable code. Manomio's application, also called C64 ( c64iphone.com ) ...

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US $4.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Jun-16-2009 15:00:00 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list.

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I had a friend, one of two friends, one of two guys who used to be doing Commodore 64 games in Finland. Back in the 80s, I happened to be a friend with this guy. So, there were two guys in Finland who got internationally published .... Our parents used to buy us computers because they knew that this should be the future, and that's how we got that generation of people who got into demoscene, play with the computers , and use all the dark nights of wintertime to do that. ...

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If you're a retro computing fanboy like me on Saturday you were devastated to learn that Apple denied permission to the developer who created a Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone. Now normally this news wouldn't surprise me, ...

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exclusively by the software . It does not rely on Windows to provide or interpret the data and so can work completely independent from Windows' limitations. * Better Error handling and several retry-mechanisms to aid you in getting the data ... Rock Ridge (e.g. for Commodore users, Server use, etc.) * Finds VIDEO and AUDIO IFO / BUP / VOB file-systems independently from other file-systems * Transparent support for (open) DVD+VR(W) discs, remapping of the content etc. ...

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US $9.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 9:47:56 PDTBid now | Add to watch list.

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BREADBOX64 is a Twitter client for the C64/128 which allows you to tweet from a real C64 and view your friends timeline. (Note for techies: It uses Contiki, an embedded OS, and the MMC Replay cartridge with the RR-Net add on for its ...

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Technologizer has an interesting article about an attempt by an iPhone developer to market a Commodore 64 emulator via the App Store on iTunes. Now, to old fogies like me who actually remember the Commodore 64 when it was originally ...

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Combine this all-revealing functionality with far better read and recovery mechanisms, scanning for lost files functionality, workarounds for a wide range of drive and software bugs, limitations or shortcomings and you have an enormously .... Rock Ridge (e.g. for Commodore users, Server use, etc.) * Finds VIDEO and AUDIO IFO / BUP / VOB file-systems independently from other file-systems * Transparent support for (open) DVD+VR(W) discs, remapping of the content etc. ...

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Here you can find all you need to know about Single Drive Copy C64 & 1541 by HJD and Kotzbrocken.

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Hint - edit your videos such that the loading process is skipped, especially if it's a Commodore computer . Got to a bit over 3 minutes and stopped buffering the YT video... typical. Go to the top of the page. + Quote Post ...

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An officially licensed C64 emulator for the iPhone has been rejected by Apple.

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It says a lot about how far we've come technically when a big, clunky device that required a hook up to a television or monitor can now be emulated using software only on the iPhone that even comes with its own screen. ...

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I certainly have vivid memories of the speech in Impossible Mission, which I believe was the first game I bought along with my 1541 disk drive (it was between IM and Bruce Lee if I recall), though I'm nearly 100% positive I heard ...

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