Re: Super CMD 64
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Subject:      Re: Super CMD 64
From:         mmontcha@orednet.org (Matthew Montchalin)
Date:         1998/03/10


In a previous article, emhst21+@pitt.edu (Erik Hume) says:

>    All of this talk of a C64 in a tower case has me wondering -- what
>if CMD made a new C64 with a SuperCPU, RamLink, Swiftlink & JiffyDOS
>built in?  Now, I know this would probably not be a commercially viable

"Commercially viable" --- those are the key words.  They are dealing with
an aftermarket right now, and --- although a Tower 64 might be a nice
thing to have --- unless they can tie it in with the 21st Century, things
won't look very bright for those kinds of proposals.
 
Now, as for a set of magnetic card readers daisy chained into the serial
bus, and being operated by a Tower 64, loaded up with CMD hard drives,
maybe CMD might start making enough money to just BUY the rights to the
name "C-64!"  They really ought to work on BUSINESS hardware unique to the
C-64 aftermarket.

As for daydreams, I fantasize of a VIC-III chip with 64 sprites and
private RAM, with DMA capabilities.  That way the main mpu could speed
away as fast as it wants, updating video only when necessary.

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