C64x Unboxing videos

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Just thought I would share my unboxing video of my new C64. If you love the videos of one switched off then your gonna flip over a c64 running

http://youtu.be/Nl5ecU_1az8

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On second thoughts i'm not really impressed with your "C64". It's just not the same as an authentic C64X. I want the real thing not just some cheap copy god damn it. It has to be an official machine from CUSA otherwise i won't use it   :roflmao:

Aww your right. It doesn't have COS or come with an Atom processor or over inflated price tag. However will I live without and authentic CUSA C64 :rofl:

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You, sir, get a cookie. Notional or actual, your choice

Either, I am good

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Just an update on my new c64. Been playing for a few hours now and now problems detected. No sign of over heating or faults with the keyboard

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It would seem that Ptah has already put the thing on a fan assisted stand already. That must make the typing experience even more enjoyable. :rofl:

http://www.commodore-amiga.org/forum/27-commodore-usa/4928-fan-and-different-function-keys?lang=en#5931

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it would appear from this video that they haven't:

http://www.youtube.com/user/EternalPtah#p/u/0/a53UOSotyas

I am pretty sure that there is a picture floating around of the factory doing the vic-slims showing a bios screen with the commodore logo on it. But for the life in me I can't find it now.

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Found it. You can see from the pic ,that the Chinese facility dealing with the vic-slim's has provided, the bios displaying the Commodore logo. Which makes me wonder why they have put it on the slims and not the flagship C64X.




http://www.commodore-amiga.org/forum/27-commodore-usa/4257-more-photos-from-cusa?limit=15&start=30&lang=en#4443


Maybe thats another thing that will come on the COS 1.X disk lol.

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Considering how easy this would be to do, you have to wonder why they didn't bother. Or , for that matter, why they didn't use a board with an option to bypass POST messages and display a graphics image instead (then they could have had a very colorful Commodore4 startup screen)

You would think that they would, in the very least, want it on the ultimate editions. After all it's $900 worth of computer. I would want Commodore logos flashing at me the moment it start up too.

Every PC I have ever bought came with a fancy logo on boot.

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Yeah, OEM BIOS screens have been near-omnipresent since about 2005, really.

Even earlier than that. I had a packard bell from 93 that had a modified BIOS screen.

But I know what you mean about verbose mode. I run mine in verbose. But the Boot Screen is still there if I want it.  

At the very least, they could have modified the OEM BIOS to include a Commodore USA tag line.

Yeah that would have been a little bit of polish. Still not enough to make me want to ever buy one. But just a little bit of polish.

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Just going OT a little for this but...

BIOS is now decades old, which I know is nothing bad because I love my amiga and such, but I am interested in this Coreboot thing. BIOS uses 8086 assembler language, which is a bitch to code for, where coreboot uses C and is easier to code for and make new plugins.

Which, bringing it into top again...

Would make stuff like customizing the boot screen easier. And letting them add the polish they need.

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Just thought. Why are they sending disks with the OS on for you to install. Have they never heard of ghosting?

Even if they can't afford Norton then there is free alternatives.

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The overheating issue is should be looked at properly. several people have voiced their concern over the venting placements. Only for good ol Bazza to launch into replay with

Meat:
Have you done an airflow analysis before posting your comment? Where did you get your degree in thermo dynamics? Have you seen the unit, and have you examined it and taken temps while it was running? And were you trying to be cute with your comment "...did we do any testing?"

There are no heating problems. The temps are well within spec. This is a keyboard computer, not a refrigerator. The units were and have been tested with a variety of motherboards, Since many different motherboards can and will be used with this case, it was critical that proper ventilation/ air flow/ exchange be maintained. The fan sucks air out of the case, creating negative pressure within. The CFM, along with ambient temps, CPU load etc all contribute to the mix, but the most critical factor is that the sum total of the area created by the various openings and slotted vents allow for the unit to run properly. I have units that have been running almost non stop for months. Depending on what they are running, they get warm, they run cool, they get hot, and the fan cycles up and down as it should. There have been no failures of any kind. I have a MacBook Pro that can fry eggs and create red welts on your lap....and that too, is within spec. Computers, laptops, keyboard units...they generate heat. If you wish to eliminate the heat, just place a 40mm x40mm x 10mm fan on top of the CPU heatsink, blowing down, and the temps will drop. Not needed...not required....but if you are that concerned, that is the simple, inexpensive solution.

http://www.commodore-amiga.org/forum/27-commodore-usa/4928-fan-and-different-function-keys?limit=15&start=15&lang=en#5957

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Must be where he got his customer service skills from too.

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Errr,... the ION chipset generates much more heat (in fact a lot to a degree some smaller cases have had issues) than the cpu itself. Surely the person behind these c64x's should be aware of that, although if the above quotes are accurate then it seems he's not particularly computer literate.

This is CUSA we are talking about. Lol

Somewhere there is another Bazza special reply about modding a case. But I am tired so I will trawl through the crap after some sleep.

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...and I don't have a dog in this hunt. The suggestion that I am somehow affiliated with CUSA is laughable...Not that I need to validate my opinion, but I am sure there are people on here who remember me as A3K (aka Cocoman) from IRC.

I don't think anyone, appart from Digitex, made the suggestion that you are affiliated with CUSA. I certainly didn't think you were affiliated with them from your post. And I actually really respected your point of view on all of this. And I applaud you for taking the time to post it.
 
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Long story short, it's taken both "sides", both C-USA and its opposers for things to have gotten as comical as they have.

Yup I have to add my +1 to this too.
 
I know I have taken mickey about CUSA. But it's usually been in response to something that has either been said or done by them.

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Who's trolling what now?

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At what point, just so we are clear, does friendly banter become trolling? Just so I know when I am going to say something that could possibly offend someones disposition.