Editing Commodore 64 (section)

=== Clones ===
[[File:C64 DTV.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=A black-and-red joystick|C64 Direct-to-TV]]
Clones are computers which imitate C64 functions. In mid-2004, after an absence from the marketplace of more than 10 years, PC manufacturer [[Tulip Computers]] (owners of the Commodore brand since 1997) announced the [[C64 Direct-to-TV]] (C64DTV): a [[joystick]]-based [[handheld TV game|TV game]] based on the C64, with 30 games in its ROM. Designed by [[Jeri Ellsworth]], a self-taught computer designer who had designed the [[C-One]] C64 implementation, the C64DTV was similar to other mini-consoles based on the modestly-successful Atari 2600 and [[Intellivision]]. The C64DTV was advertised on [[QVC]] in the United States for the 2004 holiday season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/technology/a-toy-with-a-story.html|title=A Toy with a Story|first=John|last=Markoff|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 20, 2004|access-date=August 20, 2015 |url-access=limited}}</ref>

In 2015, a Commodore 64-compatible [[motherboard]] was produced by [[Individual Computers]]. Called the C64 Reloaded, it is a redesign of Commodore 64 motherboard revision 250466 with several new features.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/C64_reloaded|title=C64 reloaded – IndividualComputers|date=January 14, 2016|access-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref> The motherboard is designed to be placed in an existing, empty C64 or C64C case. Produced in limited quantities, models of this Commodore 64 clone have machined or [[Zero insertion force|ZIF]] sockets in which custom C64 chips are placed. The board contains [[jumper (computing)|jumpers]] to accept revisions of the VIC-II and SID chips and the ability to switch between the [[PAL]] and [[NTSC]] video systems. It has several innovations, including selection (via the restore key) of KERNAL and character ROMs, built-in reset toggle on the power switch, and an S-Video socket to replace the original [[RF modulator|TV modulator]]. The motherboard is powered by a [[DC-to-DC converter]] which uses {{nowrap|12 V DC}} from a mains adapter, rather than the original (and failure-prone) Commodore 64 power-supply brick.