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Commodore fans split over C64 Ultimate FPGA firmware lockdown — firm says it wants to protect its hardware and reduce support fallout — Tom's Hardware

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Key
tomshw2026firmware
Issued
2026-4
Type
article-magazine
Container
Tom's Hardware
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Claims

  1. Tom's Hardware reported the retro community was sharply divided over Commodore's firmware lockdown decision.
    "The retro community seems sharply divided over a decision by Commodore to lock down firmware access in its C64 Ultimate computer."
    Locator: paragraph: lead paragraph · Quote language: en
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