Who would like to buy me one of these?!? :o #WANT
Commodore 64 Ultimate (https://www.commodore.net/product-page/commodore-64-ultimate-basic-beige-batch2)
Only if they have a buy one get one free special :) It looks great. I remember buying the original. There also was a used computer store in Erie where I bought two or three for experimenting on. I gave my C64 with 2 drives and 100+ games to my niece to play with and my sister eventually sold it at a garage sale :(.
I'll settle with running an emulator like the CCS64 (https://www.ccs64.com/). I also ran the C64 OS (https://www.commodoreos.net/CommodoreOSIntro.aspx) in a virtual box.
Wikipedia shows the price for the original to be US$595 (equivalent to $1,990 in 2025.) So, these are just over 1/6 the price of the original :o . Pretty good deal, considering how well they sold back in the early eighties.
I opted to move this to the Vintage / Retro Computers forum. I was going to post it there, then didn't. Second guessed myself. Anyway, if anyone is looking for a birthday / Christmas present for me, just know it's this. ;)
Quote from: Chris Savage on Feb 25, 2026, 09:38 PMWho would like to buy me one of these?!? :o #WANT
Commodore 64 Ultimate (https://www.commodore.net/product-page/commodore-64-ultimate-basic-beige-batch2)
Deffinatly cool, too bad can't do this with Timex Sinclair 1000/Sinclair Spectrum systems
Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Feb 26, 2026, 08:43 PMDeffinatly cool, too bad can't do this with Timex Sinclair 1000/Sinclair Spectrum systems
Why not?
Minstrel 2 with Keyboard - Z80 based ZX80 kit (https://www.tindie.com/products/tynemouth/minstrel-2-with-keyboard-z80-based-zx80-kit/)
Tynemouth Software Launches Minstrel Issue 3 Sinclair ZX81-Compatible Microcomputer Kit (https://www.hackster.io/news/tynemouth-software-launches-minstrel-issue-3-sinclair-zx81-compatible-microcomputer-kit-627bb602863b)
Minstrel 4th - Z80 Forth RC2014 Jupiter Ace Kit (https://www.tindie.com/products/tynemouth/minstrel-4th-z80-forth-rc2014-jupiter-ace-kit/)
There are others, but I was familiar with these.