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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is a period-correct (1982) C64 which had the orange-brown function keys. The VIC-20 had a white case.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I loved Super Stardust and of course Pinball Illusions.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I still have mine, complete with the FMV module. Yes, it's a pity that Commodore went down before the CD32 had a chance to gain any market share or be produced in any significant quantity.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Nice! I just "modded" it: I extracted the text on the lid so that you can print it in another color. File is here: www.printables.com/model/183813... Feel free to include it in your archive.

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This is just the text extracted from the front of the Multisystem2 Arcade lid with a centering frame. | Download free 3D printable STL models

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Nice! I just preordered a Multisystem2 Arcade, even though my Multisystem (1) is still working perfectly. I just like to have all options on hand. Can't wait for the Multisystem 2 Pocket to become available. 🥰

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I think the A600 was just a test platform for Commodore for manufacturing boards with mostly SMD parts.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I had a version of SysInfo that stated "Call me!". I think it was when I installed the 060 card in my A4000.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Being a German this is it:

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A really nice booth! 🥰

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The ones with all 25-pin SUB-D connectors regularly had all pins wired up. As the manufacturer couldn't know if you'd use them with serial or parallel connections or something else.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Nice move to unveil it at gamescom!

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I think it's a clever move that Commodore unveiled it at gamescom, where there might just be the right audience for it. Maybe the C64 gets the third generation of users now.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's 2026 and look who's back in Cologne, Germany, this time at gamescom. This gives me World of Commodore / Amiga vibes like in the 90s in Cologne. Or in Frankfurt in late 1992, so great, having had the opportunities to talk to Jeff Porter and Jim Sachs. Just two weeks after I got my Amiga 4000.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A rather small budget, wasn't it? 😆

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

What day you mean? You can't put the nozzle in, lock the catch and walk away while the tank is filling up in the UK? Here in Germany this is still the standard. In fact I've never seen it any other way here.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Though it's hot and looks real sunny, it's definitely in Britain, where else do you have multiple outlets in one chimney? 😉

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'll take an FPGA Commodore Amiga 1200 Ultimate. Configurable from A500 68000 8 MHz to A4000 68060 50 MHz (or more). With physical legacy and modern I/O ports.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

That's a strange Pac Man clone. 🤣

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Reading it again this sounds like: The new Commodore only owns its trademarks and Amiga owns everything else from the old Commodore and the old Amiga, including 8bit stuff. At least they've reached a deal to cross-license. Should we now concentrate more on Amiga than on Commodore for the future?

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cbemu🕹 @cbemu.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Some interesting News for #Amiga fans. amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2...

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This animated song brings tears of joy to my eyes in context with these fantastic news! 🥲

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This must be the "cheapest" Burger Time clone. 🤣

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🤣 I didn't have one back then, but now I've got two: a US version and a German one.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

RISC OS is quite a strange thing when you've been using Amiga OS back in the days. Especially the menu system with the submenus you can't just click on. And the cooperative multitasking where an app starts minimised in the "icon bar" dock instead of directly opening its window.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I finally got an Acorn Archimedes A3000! 🥰

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is so beautifully done and so much fun! 🥰

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CommodoreBlog @commodoreblog.uk · 26/06/2026

The Juggler. November, 1986. #Amiga

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Yes, as in recycled. commodore.net/commodore-ge...

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Apparently the Artix-7 is maxed out with the Amiga core, so the next prototype of the AMICUBE uses a larger FPGA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNC...

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Minimig - Edge On The Edge

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Yes, real Commodore / Amiga stuff, that's what we want! The #MiniMig FPGA Amiga core is already running on the Artix-7 FPGA which is used in the C64U. Just saying. @commodoreofficial.bsky.social

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Of all my C64s old and new I really like the #C64U Starlight Edition best. The lighting effects controlled by the SID tunes are really great and overall it's so comfortable to get and load anything.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Looks nice, just bought it. 😀

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I'm German, not British, I don't do baked beans. 😉 But even for a Leberkäswecken or some Kässpätzle each week I wouldn't buy that thing.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Now without the headphones and with "post consumer" memory chips. 🤣

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

For those like me who aren't good with faces: This is Alan Michael Sugar, as in AMSTRAD. 🤣

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Like I recently did: my own FPGA A1200, also MiSTer based, with Mistress 1200 adapter board, new case, new keyboard.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Nice. Commodore just would've had to pick up some parts like this, already available (for years) to build an FPGA Amiga instead of a flop phone.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Yes, seems to be written by a chinese AI. 😈

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Let's show @commodoreofficial.bsky.social what we really want. Hint: it definitely isn't a flip phone. 😜 My third #C64U, I just had to order it while #commodore still exists and sells decent products. PS: This one is for a good friend of mine, also a 40+ years Commodore customer.

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It seems you didn't even listen. 🙉

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I absolutely second your opinion. This nonsense has to stop now. We want Commodore to live on!

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

You really should've released a truly desirable product with the potential to help fund the future of Commodore. Desirable as the C64U, sold > 6500 times in the first 3 weeks after its announcement. But this "half dumb" phone: even enough to be manufactured? I had so much hope for Commodore. 😱

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Seriously? This is the future of commodore? 🤨

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alfrank @al-frank.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A phone? You can't be serious. How is this supposed to help fund the future of Commodore? Goodbye Commodore, again. 😱

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