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Photograph: Matt Kamen
Boot up the C64U, and you’re greeted by a re-creation of the C64’s menu. Here, you can type in operation commands just as you would back in the day, using the data-offer-url=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_BASIC” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_BASIC"}” href=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_BASIC” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>BASIC programming language. Problem: I don’t have the first clue about BASIC. However, in what is possibly the greatest throwback of all, the C64U comes with a spiral-bound, data-offer-url=”https://downloads.commodore-international.com/documentation/C64U/c64u-user-guide-1st-edition.pdf” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://downloads.commodore-international.com/documentation/C64U/c64u-user-guide-1st-edition.pdf"}” href=”https://downloads.commodore-international.com/documentation/C64U/c64u-user-guide-1st-edition.pdf” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>273-page user guide. It is an absolute tome. Somewhat surprisingly, it’s not a reprint of anything that came with the original, but rather a…
