17 Jul
1997
17 Jul
'97
2:23 a.m.
Due to massive amounts of caffeine & sleep deprivation, Gil Parrish said:
I have the low-profile version of the machine, with no monitor or drives. I
plan on getting the 8050 drives today at noon, if they're still there.
There was also an IEEE-488 printer to go with it. The machine is serial #
C002688... Does anyone know if this is early, or is the C in the SN# mean
the third time around the digits? Also, what was special about the 6509
processor over the 6502?
[[ BTW, I'm still on the fence as to whether I'll keep this one or not...
It seems rather unique, which I like, but I'm not sure if I'd actually use
it, which is something I like to do as well... ]]
I'll be keeping this in mind.
Anyway, again -- I love this list! :-) -- and thanks one and all for the
help you've given me for the help on this little beastie!
I'll let y'all know if the 8050 was still there.
Thanks,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
--
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Programmer, NorthernWay | information on their candy bar wrappers
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Ok. Here's the guy with the original message. To be honest, at first I
wasn't sure what I had...
> The C-128 and B-128 are completely different.
The B-128 was one of
the<<
OK, I think we need some clarification here. What
does your "B-128" look
like?<
You'll have to ask the guy that left the original message. I was replying
to him. However, his brief description made me assume it was a low-profile
B128. 2. and 3.
B128-80 "Advanced Business Computer"
the manula says there were two
versions of a B128. A low-profile model
and, of course, a high profile one. The low-profile model is like the
C128-40 but the high profile model has integral disk drive(s) and display<
Presumably, if it was paired with an 8050 drive unit, it didn't have
integral disk drives, and was the low profile model. He said "B128", and I'm taking him at his
word.
Funny thing is, I think they used the same motherboard for the B128 and
B256... there are solder holes & all for another bank of ram, but no
sockets... you'd prolly want to solder in sockets, then add 16 more
4164-15's and Bingo! You should have 256K RAM.
Well, I'm
"in" to Commodore and don't yet have one so if yer willing to
sell/trade, lemme know!<