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A Commodore 64 For The New Millenium
samdu writes "The CommodoreOne is now available for purchase. The C=1 is a reimplementation of the Commodore=64 in an ATX form factor, 65c816 processor running at approximately 20 MHz, VGA out, an updated SID (with backward compatibility), 32 MB of RAM, standard IDE, PS/2 ports, and a 64 compatible cartridge slot. Let the hobbying begin." We've run previous stories on related efforts.
Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these?
Offtopic, but during this time of tragedy, I have uploaded a couple of clips of space shuttle breaking-up for the benefit of /. readers:
e ak ingUp_1of2.rm
e ak ingUp_2of2.rm
SHUTTLE VIDEOS
PLEASE SAVE THESE (right click and select "Save Target As" on IE) AND CREATE MIRRORS:
Shuttle breaking up (clip 1 of 2)
Shuttle breaking up (clip 2 of 2)
Hourly Bandwidth limited Mirror:
http://www.geocities.com/koodakabaada/ShuttleBr
http://www.geocities.com/koodakabaada/ShuttleBr
I am Commodore, son of Alfred
Since the editors haven't posted this yet (happened yesterday) I figured i'd do it.
(nabbed from space.com)
Columbia destroyed during reentry, seven astronauts lost
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003 at 2:10 p.m. EST
In an address to the nation, President George W. Bush has just confirmed that the space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven astronauts were lost today after the Orbiter broke up during reentry on its landing approach to the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe notified President Bush moments after Columbia's scheduled landing time had passed without any sighting of the Orbiter. O'Keefe has met with the astronauts' families gathered at the Florida landing site for Columbia's landing.
A visibly shaken astronaut Bill Readdy, speaking at a press conference, announced somberly that "sadly, it does not appear that there are any survivors."
President Bush has called the astronauts' families to express the nation's condolences. The President also called Israeli Prime Minister Sharon to discuss the tragedy - the first Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon was one of Columbia's seven crewmembers.
Both NASA and White House officials have stated that there is no reason to believe that the accident is terrorism-related.
Mission Control in Houston last made contact with the Orbiter at about 9 a.m. EST as it reentered Earth's atmosphere over north-central Texas. Columbia was at about 207,000 feet altitude, traveling at about Mach 18 or 12,500 mph, when contact was lost, about 16 minutes prior to its scheduled landing at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.
Tracking systems at the Kennedy Space Center did not acquire Columbia when it was scheduled to approach the Florida coast.
The last communication from the crew made a reference to a "tire pressure" indicator.
Video of Columbia's descent over Texas shows the vehicle breaking up upon reentry. Weather radar from Shreveport, Louisiana shows a wide swath of heated particles extending over several hundred miles as the vehicle disintegrated.
Law enforcement authorities report numerous pieces of debris landing in Nacogdoches and Palestine, Texas. Aerial video shows smoldering debris landing over several hundred square miles of eastern Texas.
NASA has scheduled a press conference at 3 p.m. EST to provide further details. We will next update this box at that time.
-- Roger Guillemette, SPACE.com correspondent for the Cape Canaveral Bureau
DEATH TO ALL JEWS!
ITBAHK AL YAHID!
The shuttle Columbia is God's wrath upon the American and Jewish dogs!
1. In soviet russia, 2. beowulf cluster joke 3. fails you. 4. ??? 5. Profit!!!
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