Commodure USA PC64

[mongo]

They are a furniture company operating under the names Hooker Fine Furniture and Homecraft.  They do appear to have a nice collection of "bathroom vanities."  Maybe they'll cut you a deal on a rebranded ZPC and a vanity as a package!

Hooker/Homecraft

Homecraft is not Hooker Furniture, despite how it may appear on their website.

I'm also pretty sure Homecraft doesn't actually manufacture anything or have warehouse facilities in Los Angeles, Dallas, Nashville and Miami.

[mongo]

If a CommodoreUSA releases a PC in a replica C64 case, and it is not totally botched, they will have added something very useful to the retro computing industry.

Yes. A PC with a useless keyboard.

[mongo]

@mongo

What's useless about it?  My trusty old C64 keyboard served me well for years.  It wasn't useless then and it isn't useless now.  This one should be no different and since you can re-map the keys under Windows, you can reconfigure them however you'd like.

And it's perfect for those who want to emulate a C64.  If it really bothers you, just plug a regular USB keyboard into one of the USB ports.

Yeah. The keyboard is great if all you want to use it for is to emulate a C64, but if you're going to do that, you might as well just use a C64. It's not like they are in short supply, and I bet they're a hell of a lot cheaper.

If you're going to use it as a PC, it's missing about 35 keys.

Adding a USB keyboard kind of defeats the whole point of a computer in a keyboard, doesn't it?

[mongo]

@mongo

Nobody missed any keys back in the C64's heydays.  I don't think anyone who wants one of these will miss them now.  Most of the missing keys are unused by most people anyway.

And no, it doesn't defeat the purpose.  People buy net top/set top boxes all the time and they don't have ANY keyboard.  This is really no different.  Add a USB keyboard or get a touch screen LCD or use a soft keyboard if the missing keys really bother you so much.  Or just re-map the C64 keys the way you want them.

You're kidding, right?

[mongo]

@mongo

You're trolling, right?

Nope.

[mongo]

Yes, Mongo is trolling.  Either that, or he cannot see past his own nose.

The fact that it wouldn't be for everyone, doesnt mean that it wouldn't be for anyone.  The debate on whether emulation is worthwhile or not has been long hashed out and decided.  This would be the most realistic emulation anyone could hope for.  Using it as a standard PC would be buying as a functional piece of art.

What sane person buys an expensive custom made PC to emulate a $10 C64?

Is that worthwhile? Who decided that?

Is the PC emulating the $10 C64 more realistic than the $10 C64?

The lack of a proper keyboard makes this anything but functional as a PC.

The reason "Nobody missed any keys back in the C64's heydays" is because they were running software that was designed to run on a computer with the C64's keyboard, and the claim that "Most of the missing keys are unused by most people anyway" is completely absurd.

Tab key? Alt key? Esc key? More than 4 function keys? Separate cursor keys? Don't need those. Who uses those anyway?

Doesn't really matter though, because all Commodore USA has the ability to manufacture is bullshit.

[mongo]

While it does allow limited use without permission, you posted the entire work without permission.

Learn what "limited use" means.