Great news for electronic music makers of a retro persuasion, or simply those who are looking for something ‘new’ to try – the Commodore 64 is back. Yes, no more trawling eBay and car boot sales for ...

The Commodore 64 emulator application for iPhone was pulled from the App Store by Apple in September for leaving its BASIC interpreter intact and accessible via a backdoor. This week the app has ...

It’s “I love the 80s” time for fans of the musical sounds of the Commodore 64: the HardSID PCI card repurposes the actual synth chips used in the original C64 (not new chips or emulation), and gives ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. These days, using a computer often seems like it’s less about actual computing and more about touching and ...

Jeri Ellsworth has created an awesome hack using a Commodore 64 and transformed it into a C64 Bass “keytar”, which was unveiled by Ellsworth at this year’s Makers Fair Bay Area. The fantastically ...

Memory's a weird thing, isn't it? Your brain records every moment in your life and locks it away forever. And then suddenly, a sound, a smell, a piece of beige plastic can send you tumbling back to a ...

Editor’s Note 4/10/12: Jack Tramiel died on April 8 and will always be remembered as a computing industry pioneer and founder of Commodore. The Commodore 64 was one of the most popular PCs of all time ...

The 8-bit era of home computing was a far simpler time than the digital age we live in today. It was a world without online multiplayer, 3D accelerator chips or stereo sound, yet many claim that this ...

The hard part isn't building the computer: Sticking modern components inside a shell shaped like an old Commodore 64 is no great challenge. Neither was matching the price of the original: It cost $595 ...