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Commodore fans split over C64 Ultimate FPGA firmware lockdown — firm says it wants to protect its hardware and reduce support fallout (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social to c/hardware@lemmy.world

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Fixing problems Commodore had "no hand in creating, nor the ability to diagnose... isn't sustainable," the company warns.

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[–] imrighthere@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

I'll keep my money. america shits on everything.

[–] NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

I have one, it's awesome, and I knew the "new" Commodore would speedrun fucking this up.

[–] Lojcs@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

I sort of understand the appeal of retro computing, but I can't comprehend why anyone would buy an official $300 fpga reproduction with the hopes of modifying it. At that point it isn't retro, it isn't computing much of anything, it's not a crafts project and you're at the whims of the company for what you can do with it