pullemanDec 23
Sean Heber
My Commodore 64 Ultimate review: https://bigzaphod.com/blog/commodore-64-ultimate/
Commodore 64 Ultimate

Back in June of 2025, a retrocomputing-enthusiast YouTuber I hadn't heard of started a series of videos talking about a new project he had embarked on to save the classic computer brand, Commodore. It was a pretty audacious (and expensive) idea, but…

Unfinished Business
Dec 21 at 7:04pmWeb
Show threadSean HeberDec 21
My Commodore blog post got so much traffic in such a short period of time I got an "outbound traffic" warning email from Linode. lol
Show threadDougDec 21
@bigzaphod Everything in this post hits me in the feels, how wonderful!
Show threadMiguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Dec 21
@bigzaphod I ordered mine a week ago! I missed the entire build up!
Show threadAntOnEarthDec 21

@bigzaphod how absolutely fantastic.

Mine arrived just before I left for some holiday travel. Can’t wait to get home and hook it up.

Show threadbunnyheroDec 21
@bigzaphod oh my god seeing your kids hacking on it warms my cold grinch heart
Show threadottawasteph 🕊️Dec 21
@bigzaphod 😮 😮 😮
Show threadrexiDec 21

@bigzaphod

the first code I ever wrote ran on this.

Show threadQ.H. StoneDec 21
@bigzaphod I grew up with an Atari 800, but my first programming experience was in Logo on the school library’s C64s. So very cool.
Show threadSean HeberDec 21
@qhstone Atari 800 was my first - I did a lot of typing in of code from magazines and library books on that thing. They rarely seemed to work and I had so much trouble with tape loading and saving but I still loved it.
Show threadStan James 🏳️‍🌈Dec 21
@bigzaphod Seeing your kids glom onto it is fantastic and adorable. Wonderful post. Enjoy the C64U!
Show threadMarc EtienneDec 22
@bigzaphod yeah, I too got my nostalgic punch in the feels this weekend. The C64U is amazing. Right down to the spiral bound manual.