Commodore is back ...

[fachat]

You may have heard it already, but youtuber Christian Simpson aka Perifractic has acquired the rights to the (some/most...?) Trademarks of Commodore, and has new C64 - based on Gideon's FPGA-based Ultimate boards - for pre order.

I ordered one including some merch... this has already arrived, my new C64 is still on pre order...

André

Edit: not sure why (for me at least) the picture is rotated...

[BigEd]

NIce mug... I like a good mug.

Here's a link to the new Commodore with their starts-at-$299 product offering
https://www.commodore.net/

As noted, it's been launched, and they have not yet shipped.

Edit: worth mentioning, the FPGA design is based on Gideon's
https://ultimate64.com/
and Gideon is involved in this project. (For previous mention of his work, see here)

[Yuri]

Thinking about this recently. Half wonder how much of the IP he was able to acquire.

Specifically, did that include the designs for the various MOS chips (E.g. VIC, VIC-II, Paula, etc.) and what would the possibility of getting some small runs of replacement chips made for people that want to restore some of the older machines.

[BigEd]

I don't think any chip designs would have been part of the deal. (And I don't think replacements could be made at reasonable prices in the sorts of volumes that might sell.)

[fachat]

I would even assume that the designs etc have been lost for a long time. It's probably only the license that has been passed on ...

[White Flame]

This was purely a trademark acquisition, across various existing national jurisdictions that had the mark maintained. Some expired, and other companies re-registered it (I think Italy is a sore spot there).

There have been licensing agreements with Cloanto regarding some of the software licensing, but I think that's as far as any actually technical IP goes as far as I know.

[okwatts]

My only piece of Commodore Equipment among all my 6502 equipment. Unfortunately it's not a computer.

[6502inside]

Very nice. I have a couple of the Commodore AM radios.

(... and a lot of other Commodores.)