Relive the 80s With This Amiga Emulator for Chrome
A nostalgic Google researcher recently flexed his C coding skills and built a fully functional Commodore Amiga 500 emulator for Chrome. You can try the realistic software here. It’s good, geeky fun.
Someone Finally Resurrected the Commodore Brand for Something Useful
Various entrepreneurs have tried to bring back the legendary Commodore computer brand for years, all of them inevitably ending up bankrupt. Now a couple of Italian designers think they’ve got the silver bullet solution to tapping into 80s nostalgia: a smartphone. It’s too bad they decided to make it look so boring.
This 25-Year-Old Computer Just Sold for $23,000 on eBay
The Apple 1 is the most sought after collector piece of computing hardware. It is the Action Comics No. 1 of retro computing. The first appearance of Superman. The one that started it all. But if there was to be a No. 2, it would be this guy—the Commodore 65.
How a Team of Nerds and Artists Uncovered Warhol's Lost Digital Art
Retro-geeks and artists alike were abuzz last month with the news that the Andy Warhol Museum had recovered digital works of art created by Warhol himself some thirty years ago on a Commodore Amiga computer. A new documentary produced by the Carnegie Museum of Art traces the process of digital archeology that revealed…
Andy Warhol's Lost Amiga Computer Art Rediscovered 30 Years On
The Andy Warhol Museum has recovered a series of artworks created by the famed pop artist in the mid-1980s using a Commodore Amiga home computer. Newly retrieved from old floppy disks, they're now available for all to see.
Commodore's New Gaming PCs Will Transport You Back to the 80s
There was a rumor back in 2010 that Commodore was planning to relaunch the Amiga. Now the retro computer brand has gone and done it, launching this high-end, small form factor gaming PC—as well as a new reissue of its classic C64.
The NEW Commodore 64 Can Finally Be Yours
Remember when Commodore tried to relaunch their brand with a sterile-looking keyboard PC? Remember when they decided against that, opting to cram modern guts into a retro Commodore 64 shell? Well the latter will be available later this month, featuring the NVIDIA Ion 2 chipset.
You Should Be Able To Guess What iAmiga Does...
The telltale lowercase letter. The word Amiga. Yes, it's a fully working Commodore Amiga emulator for iPhone and it'll be launching soon—pending deals with the original software publishers to ensure it's all 100% legal and legit.
The Annual Return From the Dead of the Commodore Brand
The Commodore name still just about lives on, even though the original owners have long since left the factory. The latest product to carry the once-great computing name is the PC64—an all-in-one Atom PC in a C64 case.
Commodore Invictus Keyboard-Computer Specs Bests the Asus Eee Keyboard
The Commodore Invictus is picking a fight with the Asus Eee Keyboard for supremacy in the PC-in-a-keyboard with a touchscreen-on-the-side category, and with the specs Commodore is listing, it may just win. Well, if it ever releases.
Commodore Tries Its Hand At An Eee Keyboard-Like Device
It took ASUS over a year to get the Eee Keyboard to the point where it was ready to go on sale, so don't go pinning your hopes on Commodore's Invictus keyboard (which thieves most of ASUS' ideas anyway).
The Return of the Commodore 64
Brace yourself, lovers of all things retro, because the Commodore 64 will rise from the dead in all its keyboard form factor glory. It will probably be based on the Cybernet ZPC-GX31, although I hope it looks like this:
You're Never Too Old to Tweet
This Commodore VIC-20 is running software from a cassette tape, has only 5 KB of RAM, and a processor that runs at 1 MHz. Yeah, it's vintage. But it's also the first VIC-20 to tweet.
What Is This?
Q: What classic computer and Apple II competitor opened its steel case up like a car hood? And was named after a domestic rock toy popular at the time?
Good God, Even the Commodore 64 Has a Twitter Client
After seeing this latest Twitter app offering, I think Commodore 64 availability should be the benchmark to judge whether or not your web 2.0 app has officially "made it." Yes, there's really a twitter app for the C64.
Barbie, Star of Barbie Commodore 64 Game, Turns 50 Today
The blonde bombshell known for her appearance in "Barbie," the self-titled 1985 C64 game, turned 50 today. Some allege that Barbie is popular for reasons other than C64 compatibility, but we're not so sure. [Allure]
Firefox's Spellchecker Has Four Words for "Gizmodo"
Last night I noticed Firefox didn't yet have "Gizmodo" in its dictionary. Curiosity led me to right-click over the red line to see what words it suggested I use instead. All four were awesome:
The Blip Festival: Like Girl Talk and a Game Boy Had a Baby
Brooklyn's Blip Festival 2008, which is taking place this weekend, December 4th through 7th, is a celebration of modders, music, vintage game consoles, and graphics. Artists come from all over the world to perform electronic music created with Game Boys, Commodore 64s, and Famicoms, and it's more than just bleeps and…
Papercraft Retro Game Consoles Will Adorn Your Cubicle With Geekery on the Cheap
If your co-workers don't already know about the soft morsel of love for late-70s gaming consoles deep in your heart, why not load up the company's color printer with some heavy-bond and fold up an Atari 2600 to stand proudly by your enterprise Dell (and your HAL 9000). These patterns by Marshall Alexander feature cool…
Gallery of 101 Vintage Computer Ads
Sure, some of us remember using the Commodore 64, but do any of us recall what the ads for it were like? Boingboing has aggregated a wonderful collection of 101 classic computer advertisements by everyone from AT&T (yeah, I forgot they tried their hand in making PCs too) to Texas Instruments. Aah, to be back in a…
