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Two desks: Commodore News, on the company, the hardware and the scene; PETSCII News, on this board and everything we build here. In our own words.

Commodore News

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NEW RELEASE · October 30, 2026

The C64C Ultimate is shipping

The slimline 64C is back, built in cases from the original 1986 molds, in three editions from $299.99.
HARDWAREThe Commodore 77: a 77 MHz 64C for Night CityOct 30, 2026
THE SCENEMore than 30,000 new Commodore 64sOct 30, 2026
HARDWARECommodore's Callback 8020 flip phoneOct 30, 2026
SOFTWAREAlien Breed comes back for its 35thOct 30, 2026

PETSCII News

All of it, as a timeline

ON THIS BOARD · November 1, 2026

It's here: a C64 Ultimate arrives at the bunker

A BASIC Beige Commodore 64 Ultimate landed on the sysop's doorstep. The unboxing and a video follow in the coming days.
ON THIS BOARDA new face for petscii.nw: the Radar PNov 1, 2026BBS SCENEPETSCIITerm switches to ANSI when a board doesNov 1, 2026THE MACHINESKeyboards that type, doors that open, and the back of everythingNov 1, 2026THE MACHINESThe DOS wedge, BASIC 7's disk words and CP/M on the 128Nov 1, 2026

The timeline

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November 20268 stories
PETSCII News · ON THIS BOARDIt's here: a C64 Ultimate arrives at the bunkerA BASIC Beige Commodore 64 Ultimate landed on the sysop's doorstep. The unboxing and a video follow in the coming days.November 1, 2026
PETSCII News · ON THIS BOARDA new face for petscii.nw: the Radar POur logo is the board's own radar: green phosphor, the sweep turning, and a P where the blip should be.November 1, 2026PETSCII News · BBS SCENEPETSCIITerm switches to ANSI when a board doesCall a board that answers in ANSI from a 64 and the screen now becomes an 80-column ANSI screen by itself.November 1, 2026PETSCII News · THE MACHINESKeyboards that type, doors that open, and the back of everythingEvery machine has its keyboard, every monitor its controls, every drive its lever, and every device turns round.November 1, 2026PETSCII News · THE MACHINESThe DOS wedge, BASIC 7's disk words and CP/M on the 128The shortcuts disk users swore by, the commands BASIC 3.5 and 7.0 brought, and the 128's other brain.November 1, 2026PETSCII News · THE MACHINESThe Commodore PC20 boots MS-DOS 3.20Commodore's IBM-compatible joins The Machines with its 20 MB hard disk, a working DOS and a Hayes modem.November 1, 2026PETSCII News · THE MACHINESA real BASIC, and a real 1541 disk that is yoursType a program and it runs. Save it and it goes onto a genuine .d64 disk image you can take to a real 64.November 1, 2026PETSCII News · THE MACHINESThe Machines: ten Commodores you can switch onFrom the PET 2001 to the C64 Ultimate, each machine boots to its own screen on a monitor of its day.November 1, 2026
October 202612 stories
PETSCII News · ON THIS BOARDCall other boards from your browser with PETSCIITermMembers dial any listed board from the web with the right screen for it; visitors get two tries per board.October 31, 2026PETSCII News · BBS SCENEOur BBS list rings every board, every morningMore than 120 boards, each dialled at 5:23 every morning, so you know which ones still answer.October 30, 2026PETSCII News · ON THIS BOARDThe file libraries are openFifteen libraries on the board, with downloads by Punter or XMODEM over telnet, and one click in the browser.October 30, 2026
PETSCII News · BBS SCENEA 1986 Hamburg mailbox comes back from floppy diskThe TMC mailbox, a C64 board from 1985, is back on the air at K.R.S., rescued from a caller's own floppies.October 30, 2026
Commodore News · NEW RELEASEThe C64C Ultimate is shippingThe slimline 64C is back, built in cases from the original 1986 molds, in three editions from $299.99.October 30, 2026
Commodore News · HARDWAREThe Commodore 77: a 77 MHz 64C for Night CityCommodore's first hardware partnership is a Cyberpunk 2077 edition of the slimline Ultimate, limited to 500 pre-orders at $377.October 30, 2026
Commodore News · THE SCENEMore than 30,000 new Commodore 64sA year into the revival, Commodore has built over 30,000 C64 Ultimates and its CommoServe library passes 10,000 titles.October 30, 2026
Commodore News · HARDWARECommodore's Callback 8020 flip phoneA Commodore phone that blocks social media apps by design, in five finishes, from $399.October 30, 2026
Commodore News · SOFTWAREAlien Breed comes back for its 35thAll six Amiga Alien Breed games in one collection for PC, Xbox and PlayStation, published by Commodore.October 30, 2026
Commodore News · COMMUNITYCommodore opens its name to the communityA new program lets checked community projects carry the official Commodore logo and name.October 30, 2026
PETSCII News · ON THIS BOARDpetscii.nw is on the airA real Commodore BBS with 32 lines, screens for every Commodore, and a list of other boards you can call tonight.October 30, 2026PETSCII News · ON THIS BOARDEvery Commodore ever made, in one catalog736 products in 28 series, from the KIM-1 to the C64 Ultimate, each with a write-up in our own words.October 29, 2026