The Commodore 64 vs. the iPhone 3G S

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Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 23 2009, @11:19AM
from the next-week-chocolate-torte-vs.-charles-manson dept.

Harry writes "The unfortunate news about Apple rejecting a Commodore 64 emulator from the iPhone App Store inspired me to compare the C64 to the new iPhone 3G S, in more detail than any rational person is likely to compare them, ever again. If nothing else, it's a snapshot of just how far technology has come since the C64's release in August of 1982."

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by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday June 23 2009, @11:33AM (#28439623)

At least this time Apple rejected something that was actually forbidden by the app store's rules.

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Re:Nice Shapshot! (Score:4, Interesting)

by jandrese (485) writes: <kensama@vt.edu> on Tuesday June 23 2009, @12:07PM (#28440119) Homepage Journal

Last time someone posted it the thing held up remarkably well because the author cheated a bit and made his webserver completely stateless, making the only limitation the speed of the network interface and processor. The site would take a long time to respond, but it never crashed the way most webservers (or, more often, their attached databases) do when slammed with requests.

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Price is wrong (Score:4, Interesting)

by dzfoo (772245) writes: on Tuesday June 23 2009, @12:21PM (#28440331)

The article compares the current price of the iPhone with the introductory price of the C=64. A few years in (circa 1984), you could buy a C=64 from K-mart at $90.00 USD. This was convenience, since the cheap power supply tended to burn up and die, and it was sometimes easier and cheaper to just buy a replacement machine. I went through three of the things back then!
-dZ.

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Re:Oh well... (Score:3, Interesting)

by jekewa (751500) writes: on Tuesday June 23 2009, @12:38PM (#28440617) Homepage Journal

I've got one in my garage. Still works. 170K floppy AND tape drive. I've got an Amiga 500, too. Even have an old Apple III (or was it IIi?). Sometimes called "the museum" by the wife. AFAIK they all work still.

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by Erik Greenwald (745) writes: <.gro.culms. .ta. .kire.> on Tuesday June 23 2009, @01:11PM (#28441191) Homepage

I wonder if an emulator for the apple 2 series would be approved?

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