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=== Web.it Internet computer {{anchor|webit}} === [[File:Commodore 64 Web-it PC (modified).jpg|thumb|alt=Gray computer with a keyboard|C64 Web.it Internet Computer]] The C64 brand was reused in 1998 for the Web.it Internet Computer,<ref name="retroport">{{cite web|url=http://retroport.de/C64_C128_2.html|title=C64, C128 β Teil 2 β Retroport|date=June 14, 2013|publisher=Retroport.de|access-date=June 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604073150/http://retroport.de/C64_C128_2.html|archive-date=June 4, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="amigahist_webit">{{cite web|title=Commodore 64: Web.It|url=http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/c64web.html|date=June 10, 2007|access-date=June 16, 2013|publisher=Amigahistory.co.uk}}</ref> a low-powered, [[Internet appliance|Internet-oriented]], all-in-one [[x86]] PC running [[MS-DOS]] and [[Windows 3.1x|Windows 3.1]]. It uses an [[AMD Γlan]] SC400 [[System on a chip|SoC]] with 16 MB of RAM, a 3.5-inch [[floppy disk]] drive, 56k [[modem]] and [[PC Card]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.computerbase.de/2020-03/commodore-webit-internet-pc-windows-3.1/ |title=C:\B_retro\Ausgabe_23\: Der Commodore Web.it mit Windows 3.1 und AMD Elan |date=March 29, 2020 |publisher=ComputerBase |access-date=2020-03-29 |language=de}}</ref> Despite its Commodore 64 nameplate, the C64 Web.it looks different and is only directly compatible with the original via included [[Emulator|emulation software]]. PC clones branded [[Commodore 64x|C64x]] sold by [[Commodore USA]], a company licensing the Commodore [[trademark]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itproportal.com/2011/04/06/iconic-commodore-64-all-set-comeback/ |title=Iconic Commodore 64 All Set For Comeback |work=ITProPortal |date=April 6, 2011 |access-date=March 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx |title=Recreating the Legendary Commodore 64<!-- Title taken from the page, not the HTML title element --> |publisher=Commodore USA |access-date=June 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714003638/http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref> began shipping in June 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2011/06/19/commodore-usa-begins-shipping-replica-c64s-next-week-fulfilling/ |title=Commodore USA begins shipping replica C64s next week, fulfilling your beige breadbin dreams (video) |website=Engadget |date=June 19, 2011 |access-date=March 18, 2017}}</ref><!-- No video in this archive, page otherwise is basically useless as a source: <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_FacilityVideo.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714021012/http://commodoreusa.net/CUSA_FacilityVideo.aspx |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref> --> The C64x's case resembles the original C64 computer, but β like the Web.it β it is based on [[x86]] architecture and is not compatible with the Commodore 64.
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