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Commodore 64's New Flip Phone Skips Android for Linux-Based Sailfish OS (feed.itsfoss.com)

submitted 2 days ago by cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A year has passed since Commodore, the computer brand many of you know and love, came back from the dead under new ownership. The comeback is picking up pace too, with a lineup that already includes multiple Commodore 64 Ultimate editions, a C64X PC, and a licensing program that invites outside builders to use the name. Now, they have announced a return to the phone market, and not in the doomscrolling glass-slab avatar we are all used to, but in a retro, very equippable flip phone format....

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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It apparently will be able to remotely control some aspects of the C64 ultimate.

[–] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

How would that work? Like I still have my original modem, that you put the phone receiver on after dialing into a BBS. But none of those things exist anymore.

And I'm pretty sure I have most of the peripherals. I even have the cassette drive. But I don't remember any wireless tech back then. Granted, it's all in a box in storage.. and it's been at least 30 years since I saw it so maybe I don't remember correctly?

[–] EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 20 hours ago

Make your own BBS, with blackjack and hookers!

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

The C64 Ultimate, the new production model that Commodore sells, has Wi-fi built in.