Tag: Commodore
RIP Jack Tramiel, computing pioneer and Commodore founder
Jack Tramiel, founder of once-leading computing giant Commodore, passed away this weekend aged 83. A truly remarkable man, the Polish Tramiel was a Holocaust survivor, being interred at both Ahlem and Auschwitz before the 1945 liberation of the camps. In…
Retro Thing release classic USB Joystick. Take that, evil space invaders!
You can shove your PS3s and Xbox 360s; put yourself in front of a classic Galaxian arcade cabinet and watch as it devourers all the silver in your pockets with old-school gaming joy. Emulators like MAME may keep your piggybank…
Whoever owns the Commodore brand is getting in on the Netbook scene, with the UMMD 8010/F
Honestly, my dad’s got a Netbook coming out this Autumn. He’s pitching it against my mum’s, which is simply a lower-spec version of the one my sister put out last year.
The point is, everyone’s releasing bloody mega-portable Eee PC-alikes these days – even companies we all thought had long since stopped existing. Like Commodore here, with its all-new UMMD 8010/F, a netbook featuring pretty much what we’ve come to expect from one of these new wave mini laptops. Brace yourselves, the technical specifications paragraph is coming up next…
Commodore PCs get pretty, sorry, HARDCORE paint jobs with C-Kin Designs, like this Rubik’s Cube one
As all good things in history, the Rubik’s Cube has seen a recent revival in the trend lists, and Commodore is certainly channelling the ’70s throwback through their latest gaming PC.
It may appear a bit stupid, hulking away on your home desk like a giant Rubik’s Cube-themed Autobot, but don’t let your friends rip into you too much, as we all know Commodore PCs are high-powered monsters…
CeBIT 2007: Just what is Commodore up to?
We've come a long way since the 8-bit days, that's for sure. One of the key stories from this year's CeBIT show so far has been the fact that Commodore is back with a vengeance. And happily, that doesn't just mean trading on the past glories of its C64 home computer, but is instead based on an entirely new generation of gadgets.
Top 10 gadgets that are due a revival (Nos 1 to 5)
What with the Walkman duking it out with modern-day brands like the iPod, it seems timely to spotlight some other retro gadgets that could make an impact in 2007. In the world of consumer technology, 'retro' tends to just mean…
