5 Feb
2004
5 Feb
'04
10:49 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Cureau
Sent: 05 February 2004 14:23
To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only
Subject: Re: This just in - Commodore B128 low profile
computer (NOT 128D)
The computer itself is kinda nice. It had a MOS 6509
processor in it, which was the beginnings of Commodore's
memory management experiments.
Some models also had the same video and sound chips as the
Commodore 64.
I'd really like one of these myself. :)
That was the P500 series, aka the PET II, and it was never released apart
from a few samples to dealers before being canned
because the C64 was doing
so well. The B500/B128 was the 'b'usiness version
that didn't have colour or
sound.
The European P500 made in Germany is more common than the US made, er, US
one :) Highest serial number I've seen on a european one is 1763.
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Commodore/p500/commodorep500.php
Cheers
--
Adrian/Witchy
Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum
www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(