Apple and Commodore Computers - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

8 Jul 1998

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       Second,
has anyone heard of a Commodore C64k?? I found a news post where
 a guy had two of these available, but I don't recognize the "k" suffix.
 I think the person added it himself. 
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  There are four flavors of the Commodore 64. 
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  Commodore 64 - The original unit, roundy brownish-grey
case dk. brown
 keyboard, a good machine. 
And the brown and the beige case versions ad of course the golden.

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  Commodore 64c - The updated (low-profile lt.cream
case, white keys) cost
 reduced model unlike other reponses no voices were removed.  The story is
 Commodore did a 'bug fix' on the sound chip that affected games that utilized
 a perceived flaw on the sound chip that made digitized sound playback easy, on
 the 64c you can barely hear the digitized segments. 
This unit was also called C64-II. And remember the gray case version.

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  Commodore SX-64 - the Commodore 64 in a luggable
all-in-one unit included 64,
 5" color display, built-in 1541 disk drive and audio speaker.  Pretty cool,
 used original C64 chips though Commodore altered the ROMs to better support
 the built in drive at the sacrifice of cassette support (and compatibility
 with some programs and hardware that required it.) 
Don't forget the DX.

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  Commodore-128 - One of the facets of the Commodore 128
is the C64 mode, the
 chips reflect the older 64 and is 99.94% perfect in emulation except for one
 memory location which can bump the computer into 2mgz mode thereby messing up
 the display provided by the 1mghz 40 column display chip. :/  Some earlier
 games inadvertanly activate this mode. 
And speaking of the 128 (Which I don't considere a C64) there are
at least two versions of the 120D with detatched keyboard.

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  If I wanted to do only 64 stuff the original grey 64
is the one to get. 
:)

Gruss
H.
P.S.: Nice PET - FAQ

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