1 Jun
2002
1 Jun
'02
10:24 a.m.
> Without seeing pictures, it sounds like a
Commodore B-128 (the business end
> of Commie's computer line) - it was the predecessor of the C-128 - it was
> 6509-based, with a header to add the Z-80 coprocessor board - they were in
> production, but I don't know for how long, or how many were made...
An interesting thing about the B-128... A large user
group formed around
the machine and when Commodore axed it, the user group sued them (and
won!) getting all the schematics, designs & chip masks so they could
continue to maintain their machines. This is what I _heard_ happened, so
you might want to check with Cameron Kaiser(sp?) to find out for sure.
He's be the definitive source on this.
You spelled it right, but I'm not familiar with that story (though it
certainly seems plausible in Europe, where the machines were more common,
so it's probably true).
--
----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ --
Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu
-- I cannot see without closing my eyes -- Sarah Masen, "75 Grains of Sand" ---