26 May
1999
26 May
'99
4:51 p.m.
Does anyone know where I can find a working Commodore 64GS system? I've been
looking for the last two years with no luck. Please e-mail me if you know
where I can purchase one. Thanks,
Bob
26 May
26 May
6:46 p.m.
Does anyone know where I can find a working Commodore 64GS system? I've been
looking for the last two years with no luck. Please e-mail me if you know
where I can purchase one. Thanks,
Bob
A what? um, I can see three possibilities of what you're thinking of.
1. A commodore 64
2. A commodore 128
3. An Apple2 GS.
to the best of my knowledge there was never a Commodore 64 GS. I'm betting
you're looking for the 128 model that had the seperate keyboard.
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4:32 p.m.
On 27 May 99 at 0:46, Jim Strickland wrote:
There was also an 8-bit AtariXE GS
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Does anyone know where I can find a working Commodore 64GS system? I've been
looking for the last two years with no luck. Please e-mail me if you know
where I can purchase one. Thanks,
Bob
A what? um, I can see three possibilities of what you're thinking of.
1. A commodore 64
2. A commodore 128
3. An Apple2 GS.
to the best of my knowledge there was never a Commodore 64 GS. I'm betting
you're looking for the 128 model that had the seperate keyboard.
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30 May
30 May
12:52 p.m.
Lawrence Walker wrote:
On 27 May 99 at 0:46, Jim Strickland wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know where I can find a working Commodore 64GS system? I've
been
> > looking for the last two years with no luck. Please e-mail me if you know
> > where I can purchase one. Thanks,
> >
> > Bob
> >
> A what? um, I can see three possibilities of what you're thinking of.
>
> 1. A commodore 64
> 2. A commodore 128
> 3. An Apple2 GS.
>
> to the best of my knowledge there was never a Commodore 64 GS. I'm betting
> you're looking for the 128 model that had the seperate keyboard.
>
> --
>
It was a stripped-down C64 from very early on (also known as the Ultimax), basically
a console based on the 64, chiclet keypad..... 'twas a falure, although it is
interesting to note that the C64 can be put into Ultimax mode via cartridge
insertion, there's a picture of one on my incomplete home page, think the full URL is
http://members.xoom.com/llyon/gallery.htm
Then follow the link to C64 images.
cheers,
Lance
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18 Jun
18 Jun
5:59 a.m.
> > Does anyone know where I can find a working
Commodore 64GS system? I've been
> > looking for the last two years with no luck. Please e-mail me if you know
> > where I can purchase one. Thanks,
There was also an 8-bit AtariXE GS
ciao larry
ATARI GS ?
AFAIK there was never a system named like that - just the XE.
Servus
Hasn
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5:05 a.m.
Rumor has it that Hans Franke may have mentioned these words:
> There was also an 8-bit AtariXE GS
> ciao larry
ATARI GS ?
AFAIK there was never a system named like that - just the XE.
Sure was: the Atari XE _G_ame _S_ystem. Had (IIRC) Missile Command in the
built-in ROM and had a slot for others... if you added a keyboard, drive,
and all the knick-knacks, you could turn it into a regular XE.
Personally, I'm of the opinion of "why buy a car and weld on it a month to
turn it into a truck... just buy a truck." ===> why buy a game to have to
buy a bunch of stuff to turn it into a useful computer... just buy a computer.
Having never seen one in captivity let alone in the wild, I really can't
comment much past this.
Hope this helps,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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7:30 a.m.
>> There was also an 8-bit AtariXE GS
>> ciao larry
>ATARI GS ?
>AFAIK there was never a system named like that - just the XE.
Sure was: the Atari XE _G_ame _S_ystem. Had (IIRC)
Missile Command in the
built-in ROM and had a slot for others... if you added a keyboard, drive,
and all the knick-knacks, you could turn it into a regular XE.
OK, same thing - I was strictly refering to the 'official'
naming (branding) of the systems - keeping track of the
zillion names they used back than is a task of its own.
Personally, I'm of the opinion of "why buy a
car and weld on it a month to
turn it into a truck... just buy a truck." ===> why buy a game to have to
buy a bunch of stuff to turn it into a useful computer... just buy a computer.
Same with me - but as we have seen in the past the strategy was
successfull (All you need is a C64 and _maybe_ a datasette ...
just to lure them in and buy later on disk drives, and add-ons
until the system cost doubble the bucks of an A2 (clone) with
the same amount of beef :).
Servus
H.
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8:57 a.m.
On 18 Jun 99 at 19:31, Hans Franke wrote:
See my response to Merch.
Additionally;
The name on the box and machine is Atari XE Video Game System but it is
usually referred to as XE-GS. It came with more accessories than the other
Atari 8-bits. I think the light-gun only came with the GS. There was a cart
for using it called Bug Hunt, and I think there were altogether only about 5
carts made for the l-g. The other cart was a quite good flight simulator.
Don't know what got into Tramiel but it was a pretty good deal.
ciao larry.
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>>
There was also an 8-bit AtariXE GS
>> ciao larry
>ATARI GS ?
>AFAIK there was never a system named like that - just the XE.
Sure was: the Atari XE _G_ame _S_ystem. Had
(IIRC) Missile Command in the
built-in ROM and had a slot for others... if you added a keyboard, drive,
and all the knick-knacks, you could turn it into a regular XE.
OK, same thing - I was strictly refering to the 'official'
naming (branding) of the systems - keeping track of the
zillion names they used back than is a task of its own.
Personally, I'm of the opinion of "why
buy a car and weld on it a month to
turn it into a truck... just buy a truck." ===> why buy a game to have to
buy a bunch of stuff to turn it into a useful computer... just buy a computer.
Same with me - but as we have seen in the past the strategy was
successfull (All you need is a C64 and _maybe_ a datasette ...
just to lure them in and buy later on disk drives, and add-ons
until the system cost doubble the bucks of an A2 (clone) with
the same amount of beef :).
Servus
H.
8:57 a.m.
On 18 Jun 99 at 13:05, Roger Merchberger wrote:
Rumor has it that Hans Franke may have mentioned these
words:
Actually the one I have was packaged with a KB, 2 joys , a light-gun, and 2
cartridges, as well as the built-in Missle Command. Also an Atari Basic manual
and regular manual. Drives had to be purchased extra with all the Ataris TMK.
> There was also an 8-bit AtariXE GS
> ciao larry
ATARI GS ?
AFAIK there was never a system named like that - just the XE.
Sure was: the Atari XE _G_ame _S_ystem. Had (IIRC) Missile Command in the
built-in ROM and had a slot for others... if you added a keyboard, drive,
and all the knick-knacks, you could turn it into a regular XE.
Personally, I'm of the opinion of "why buy a
car and weld on it a month to
turn it into a truck... just buy a truck." ===> why buy a game to have to
buy a bunch of stuff to turn it into a useful computer... just buy a computer.
The GS was equivalent to a 65XE. Nice little system. It wasn't like the
26/52/78xx dedicated game systems
Having never seen one in captivity let alone in the
wild, I really can't
comment much past this.
Hope this helps,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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getting 2 of them.
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26 May
26 May
7:37 p.m.
On Thu, 27 May 1999, Jim Strickland wrote:
to the best of my knowledge there was never a
Commodore 64 GS. I'm betting
you're looking for the 128 model that had the seperate keyboard.
The Commodore 64GS is a keyboardless game system, based on the C64. I've
seen some pictures of it in magazines, and apparently it was
available in Europe for a while, but I don't think it was a raging
success.
I thing GS stands for Game System in this case.
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8:01 p.m.
On Thu, 27 May 1999, Jim Strickland wrote:
whoa. I stand seriously corrected then. I didn't know the thing existed.
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to the best of my knowledge there was never a
Commodore 64 GS. I'm betting
you're looking for the 128 model that had the seperate keyboard.
The Commodore 64GS is a keyboardless game system, based on the C64. I've
seen some pictures of it in magazines, and apparently it was
available in Europe for a while, but I don't think it was a raging
success.
I thing GS stands for Game System in this case.
--
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
27 May
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