[Coco] [Color Computer] Complete Commodore 64 home computer on a single chip

[James C. Hrubik, Sr.]

Interesting idea about RS getting involved, but a bigger question is 
whether Big Willie would want a share of the take for MS - don't forget 
the BASIC ROMs!


On Wednesday, December 22, 2004, at 10:48  AM, Boisy G. Pitre wrote:

>
> On Dec 22, 2004, at 1:23 AM, Neil Morrison wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> FYI
>>
>> "Jeri Ellsworth has squeezed the entire circuitry of a two-decade-old
>> Commodore 64 home computer onto a single chip, which she has tucked 
>> neatly
>> into a joystick that connects by a cable to a TV set. Called the 
>> Commodore
>> 64--the same as the computer system--her device can run 30 video 
>> games,
>> mostly sports, racing and puzzles games from the early 1980s, all 
>> without
>> the hassle of changing game cartridges.
>
> This is certainly becoming a trend, isn't it.  I've noticed lately 
> that there is a groundswell of interest in retro-computing and the 
> mainstream press is starting to pick up on this phenomenon.  It's no 
> surprise that the Commodore 64 is the main beneficiary of this 
> attention, since it has the most name recognition and appears to be 
> the main computer that everyone thinks of when focusing on the 80s 
> home computer age.  I suspect that in the not too distant future, 
> other classic home computers like ours will be garnering some national 
> media attention as well.
>
> Actually, her idea of putting a Commodore 64 inside of a joystick 
> isn't too far-fetched for a CoCo.  Though I wonder what sales would be 
> like of such a device, and if Radio Shack would consider doing 
> something like that.
>
> Boisy
>
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