Commodore 64x relive the past !

[abarbarian]

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Do you remember your first home computer?

 

Was it a Commodore 64, Vic 20 or an Amiga? Wouldn’t it be fantastic to have a modern day PC in a retro computer shell?

Here at My Retro Computer we aim to do just that. We believe the PC market is boring and stagnated, it needs a new fresh approach – retro is the new modern.

 

 

https://myretrocomputer.com/

 

Naturally once you have built your own Commodore 64X you need a suitable os,

 

A Commodore-themed talking Linux desktop, complete with hundreds of games

 

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It's also seriously big: the ISO file is 37.85 GB in size. Part of this is because of the 204 Linux games that are preinstalled, but there is also a large assortment of emulators, covering ten models of Commodore kit from the PET via the C16, C64, and Plus 4, to several models of Amiga, and about 30 other platforms besides.

 

Ok it is not perfect but it certainly looks like a quirky neat effort.

[securitybreach]

Mine was a Tandy 1000 with an Intel 8086 processor with 128kb ram purchased through Radio Shack in 1984. 

[raymac46]

VIC-20 - Commodore BASIC, MOS 6502, 5K RAM, cassette drive, used an old TV for a monitor.

Edited May 9 by raymac46

[raymac46]

Looking back over 40 years, we forget how impaired these early 8-bit machines were. The VIC-20 had only a 22 character display. You could play blocky games with ROM cartridges, but otherwise your only interface was  BASIC, saving your data on a cassette drive. The RAM could be expanded to 32K if you used the ROM slot but then you couldn't play games.

The Commodore 64 was a much better model when it came out because you could get a monitor and a rudimentary floppy drive.