11 Mar
2001
11 Mar
'01
12:52 a.m.
I had 4 of them at one time about 3 yrs ago and couldn't give them away and
they were complete and in good operational condition. I ended up trading all
4 for a handful of 72 pin SIMMs. NOW everyone wants them huh? Go figure.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Claude.W
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 8:17 AM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Found a Commodore SX-64 but with a strange problem.
Hi
Lucky guy a SX64,,,but it depends how much you paid...I was offered one for
$500CAN not too long ago....sure I am crazy...
I would check all chips on the boards and push on all of the socketed
ones...specially the ROMs....
By the way, I have been told that 5000 of these SX64 were made...does that
sound right or can someone confirm this?
Claude
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Guerney <guerney(a)bigpond.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 6:00 AM
Subject: Found a Commodore SX-64 but with a strange problem.
OK - So it might not be strange to those experts in
Commodore hardware,
so
I hope one of them reads this!
This was one of the few missing things in my CBM collection until
yesterday.
The system first appeared dead, showing just a blank
screen. But then it
worked fine with any of my assorted game cartridges in the cartridge slot.
To test the disk drive, I pulled out a cartridge-based spreadsheet which
had
load and save commands and the disk drive worked OK.
The big surprise was when I put in the Simons Basic cartridge and this
heavy
old "portable" C64 came up with its normal
opening screen "SX-64 Basic"
etc
and it loaded and ran a variety of programs from disk
without a problem.
But
without a cartridge, or with a C64 Super Expander
cartridge, just a blank
screen.
Could it be a RAM chip that is faulty, with Simons Basic causing some
relocation of memory that allowed the system to work? Unfortunately, the
insides are not nearly as easy to get at compared to a standard C64.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Phil
(Brisbane, Australia)