The Commodore 64, an icon of 1980s computing, is returning to take advantage of the appetite for retro technology.
The original Commodore 64
The original introduced a generation to the possibilities of home computing - including classic videogames such as Elite and International Karate.
Now it is being relaunched with an up-to-date WIndows PC under its original 1980s shell.
A new company, Commodore USA, is taking orders for the machine. Commodore International, responsible for the 8-bit original, went bankrupt in 1994.
The modern version features a dual-core Intel Atom D525 processor at 1.8GHz and 2GB of RAM. It will ship with emulator software to run original Commodore 64 programmes, which had to make to with MOS 6502 processor at 1MHz and 64K of RAM.
And while 1980s Commodore 64 programmes came on cassette tapes or floppy disks, its modern imitator has a USB ports, WiFi, a multiformat memory card reader and optional Blu-Ray drive.
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