[mdlug] [Fwd: Re: [Offtopic] Commodore, the same company behind the Commodore 64, is back.]

[Aaron Kulkis]

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Subject: Re: [Offtopic] Commodore, the same company behind the Commodore 64, is back.
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:46:57 -0700
From: Tom Walker <tlwalker at nethere.com>
To: fmiller at lightlink.com
CC: Lew's Off-Topic List <offtopic at sweet-haven.com>
References: <4BAAA45F.8060405 at lightlink.com>

That is just the Use of the Name. they have NO connection to the old 
commodore computer people.
I found it interesting. The Keyboard computer lived on after Commodore 
departed the field but was a small nitch market until recently others, 
HP and Mac to name two, jumped into the market.
the old Commodore 128 was the only New prebuilt that I ever purchased. I 
picked it because of the CPM side of the machine and the ready 
availability of Osborne/KayPro software. Wordstar for CPM was my First 
Wordprocessor but I liked Runscript 128 quite a bit also. Even did my 
Taxes for a few years using Kaypro CPM tax software.
The most exciting thing seems to be it's Hanckirtosh capabilities.
there is a Canadian grade school computer teacher that put the Mac OS on 
his Netbook and is really impressed with it. He also has a real mac 
though so may be a little biased. But most anything beats windows and I 
am waiting for Ubuntu to grow into the common mans OS. IT is not really 
there yet, still has some driver and other issues,  but closer than most 
any other Linux distribution.
By the way in the Linux Fido Echo the word got out. THERE are more and 
more Linux virus writers coming on line as time passes so YOUR bragging 
days are numbered!!  :-)  :-).

Tom Walker

Fred A. Miller wrote:
> http://www.commodoreusa.net/tech.html
>
> Commodore, the same company behind the Commodore 64, is back.  Their
> first major US product in decades is a feature rich all-in-one
> keyboard PC pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux.
>
> The unit comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor upgradeable to 3GHz
> on an Intel G31 Express Chipset mobo that supports up to 4GB of
> PC2-5300 667MHz&  PC2- 6400 800MHz DDR2 RAM.  Graphics are provided by
> an Intel GMA 3100 and support for two displays.  Storage is done via
> SATA2 with an option to upgrade to 2TBs, and there is also an option
> for a removable HDD as well.  The computer can be expanded with 4 USB
> 2.0 slots, two serial port, PS/2 mouse&  keyboard ports, a parallel
> printer port, and combined mini-PCI/PCI-e port.  Network is via
> Gigabit LAN or optional Wi-Fi, which also includes a Bluetooth radio
> as well.  Sound is provided by a Realtek AL888 High Definition Audio
> which is Ubuntu compatible out of the box.  The optical drive can be a
> standard DVD-RW or Blu-Ray drive.  The AMI BIOS supports booting from
> USB devices, and the system has EFI support (meaning its Hackintosh
> ready), and the full-sized keyboard features a laptop style touch pad
> mouse.  Though the specs don't list it, in one of the images you can
> clearly see what looks like a credit card swipe slot-reader.
>
> The product isn't going to be officially rolled out until June.  The
> biggest deal is this machine is the fact that its pre-installed with
> Ubuntu by default and uses hardware that is very Linux friendly.  A
> number of other operating systems are listed as being compatible.
> They also say it can run Mac OS X, but you have to turn it into a
> Hackintosh yourself and buy Mac OS X yourself.  This doesn't make them
> legally liable to Apple, a smart move.
>
>   
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