21 Dec
1998
21 Dec
'98
2:59 a.m.
Just talking to myself again (and to Jim Brain). :)
On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Doug Spence wrote:
It has 3 slots. An interesting thing about my unit is that the copyright
dates on the BIOS startup message are 1984, 1985, and it says "- Test
Release -". I don't know if all units are like that.
It has the standard white label.
PC Series:
* A1060 DOS/PC SideCar that connects to an A1000.
I have one of these. It came standard with 256K, but with sockets so you
could put it up to 512K. It has 8-bit ISA slots, but I forget how many
(3 or 4). I used it mainly for controlling my A1000's hard drive. :) * VIC 1927
Cosmic Jailhouse (Cosmic Jailbreak), Hong Kong, grey label
I have this one, titled "Cosmic Jailbreak". I don't remember if it has
a white label or a metallic one. > Cassette Software Series:
Some other Commodore-branded cassette software:
Real Estate 2
Math Pac 2
Both for the PET. There must also have been Real Estate 1 and Math Pac 1.
:)
Both cassettes bear the Commodore logo, and (c)1978 Commodore Business
Machines messages. They also each have a number printed in red, which may
be the part number. For Math Pac 2, it is 321014, and the Real Estate 2
cassette has 321022 printed on it.
Real Estate 2 also says "(by Business Enhancement Compuservice)" on it, so
they must have written the software for Commodore. The Math Pac 2
cassette bears no markings other than Commodore's.
Real Estate 2 contains: Cash Flow
Installment Sale
Math Pac 2 contains: Vectors
Matrix 1
Matrix 2
IIRC, all programs on these cassettes are very simple BASIC programs.
For another piece of Commodore software... would Mind Walker count? It
was (c)1986 Commodore-Amiga/Synapse IIRC (which I may not). I don't know
if the packaging, etc, was Commodore's or if it was Synapse. Commodore
had the trademark on the name, though, because Amiga Technologies used
Mind Walker as the name for a web browser during the ESCOM era.
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Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/