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   From: nospam.rickbalkins@nospam.wavestarinteractive.com   
      
   "Riccardo Rubini"  wrote in message   
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   > "Mark Smith"  wrote in message   
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   >> Not planning on selling C64's ?  I should hope not!  That would be an   
   >> amazingly stupid thing for them to do and they'd go bust in no time   
   >> flat!  These days there is good money to be made on personal   
   >> entertainment like the ipods and other toys .. the trick is getting   
   >> that extra edge, iPod went for cool and funky and now runs on the lust   
   >> value of the brand name even though there are technically better   
   >> machines out there.   
   >   
   > Well, Mark, obviously I disagree. Sure, selling *only* C64's would be   
   > stupid, but selling a decent new C64, with a new hardware design or   
   > whatever, would be possible. Yeahronimo does recognize the power that   
   > concept has still today, otherwise why play the nostalgia card at CeBIT?   
      
   Ask yourself this simple question: Would the new C64 be a C64? If you use   
   new hardware design, would it still be C64. This would be why Commodore had   
   a C128 model. Using new model name/number. C64 is the model of a series of 8   
   bit Commodore computers running on 6502 architecture. If anything, a new   
   "Commodore computer" shouldn't be called "Commodore 64" or "C64". The   
   joystick itself is not called "C64" exactly. C64 is EXACTLY what it is and   
   not a single soul here would want that changed. A new computer based on C64   
   technology but modernized, maybe some people.   
      
   > Since the demise of Commodore, a lot of users single-handedly came with   
   > great ideas and projects that made possible for the C64 to complete  many   
   > simple current tasks, such as reading e-mail or surfing the Internet. All   
   > the new Commodore would have to do is capitalize what others have thought   
   > and done already.   
      
   Some people don't want their ideas "commercialized" and will NOT work with   
   Commodore. However, it would be an interesting idea if they did do some more   
   role in connecting with Commodore. For example: If they helped produce the   
   IDE64.   
      
   > The DTV sold well beyond expectations, and still those units were far from   
   > being the perfect upgrade -  think of the many flaws exposed in both the   
   > NTSC and PAL versions. There are many ways to upgrade the old C64 concept,   
   > keep it as a small computer as it was, and make it work for children or   
   > "old   
      
   Upgrading of any kind DOES imply potential loss in compatibility as it   
   implies some changes. However, it might be possible for them to provide a   
   niche market. Commodore should however be diverse in their product lines.   
      
   > children" like us. I believe a small profitable market niche could exist.   
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   > Riccardo   
      
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