コンピューターというハードウェアを活用するために欠かせないのが、OS（Operating System：オペレーティングシステム）の存在です。我々が何げなく使っているWindows OSやOS XだけがOSではありません。世界には栄枯盛衰のごとく消えていったOSや、冒険心を ...

さて、本連載の主題であるOSに目を向けてみましょう。Commodore 64は特定のOSを搭載しておらず、電源を入れるとBASICが起動する、当時としては一般的なコンピューターでした。Microsoftからライセンスを受け、Commodore 64には「Commodore BASIC 2.0」を搭載。もっとも ...

Commodore USA has introduced a new Amiga-branded, high-end small form factor PC, as well as updated its retro C64x and other models. Commodore USA has introduced a new Amiga-branded, high-end small ...

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit computer that launched in 1982. It offered a whopping 64 kilobytes of RAM and earned a soft spot in geek hearts for its advance audio and graphics capabilities. Next to ...

往年の8ビットコンピュータ「Commodore 64」（コモドール64）を、当時とほぼ同じ姿で米国企業が復活させ、このほど予約販売の受け付けが始まった。5月から6月にかけて出荷を開始する予定という。 C64は1982年に米Commodoreが発売した家庭向け8ビットPC。動作 ...

Yeah, an optical drive. You know, for folks who still appreciate the passing fads of life. Bitterness aside, Commodore is following up its retro-fabulous C64x with a new small-form-factor PC, the ...

Older readers may remember the Commodore computers in their original form, which were first launched back in 1982, and were equipped with a powerful 64 kilobytes of RAM and graphics, for the time. Now ...

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Commodore 64 rides again! This time with Ubuntu. If you are over the age 40 and have been into computers for a while, chances are that one ...

The hard part isn't building the computer: Sticking modern components inside a shell shaped like an old Commodore 64 is no great challenge. Neither was matching the price of the original: It cost $595 ...

Commodore was a big hitter in the computer industry in the 1980s, but has been keeping a low profile for some years now. Now it's back, and it's brought one of its most iconic products with it. The is ...

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit computer that launched in 1982. It offered a whopping 64 kilobytes of RAM and earned a soft spot in geek hearts for its advance audio and graphics capabilities. Next to ...

It may be 29 years later, but I can still remember looking at what was about to be my Commodore 64, up on a shelf at a Long's Drugs near my father's house. This wasn't my first computer--that had been ...