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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
In case you missed it, last September Retro Games announced it was going to put out a mini version of 1982's Commodore 64 called the THEC64 Mini. The system actually shipped in Europe earlier this year, and is finally coming to North America on October 9, just in time for the holiday season. It's available for preorder now for $70.
Half the size of the original version, it comes with 64 preinstalled licensed games including Impossible Mission II, Boulder Dash, Jumpman, Pitstop II and Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe that may bring back some fond memories if you were born in the '60s or early '70s. Perhaps because it's too retro, it doesn't have quite the same kind of appeal as Nintendo's NES Classic or SNES Classic mini consoles, which sold out quickly at launch.
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(Score: 2) by Hartree on Thursday July 26 2018, @04:15AM
I used Paperback Writer from about 1986 to 1992. Wrote a lot of term papers and reports in college with that.
Interestingly, you can still get ribbons for the Seikosha SP 1000 printer I was using then.
I had to get rid of my Commodore 64 stash when I moved in 93. But, I picked up one for cheap in 1999 or so. Still have it around here somewhere.