Amigas and PETs... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

9 Jul 1997

RE: CD-32 and Amiga w/drive on the side...

The CD32 is actually an Amiga 1200 not the more limited 600.  The 1200
has the more advanced AGA graphics chipset (and a 68020 processor). 
There are expansion units (SX-1 I think is the name of them) readily
available to bump the CD32 up to a full-fledged 1200.

You can easily adapt an IBM clone 'box' power supply to use on the 500. 
I have my Amiga 500 and hard drive wired into one.  (the hardest part
would be finding an Amiga 500 power connector)  The 500 is a great
computer and one of the easiest to expand, (except for the 2000).  You
can find alot of good projects on the internet for it.

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 From: Marvin &lt;marvin(a)rain.org&gt;
Subject: Pet Serial Numbers 
...
 Just curious if anyone knows what the starting serial
number was for the
Commodore Pets?  So far, the following are the earliest Pets I have.  I
believe these both came from the local university at one of their sales. 
My oldest is in the 14000 area IIRC.  It is an original 8k unit (the
tape drives with it were butchered Sanyo units, so it was'nt too late in
the productiion run.)
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 From: Cord Coslor &lt;coslor(a)pscosf.peru.edu&gt;
Subject: c-16 and Plus/4 
...
 I remember seeing a post here a week or two ago asking
about the
availability of Commodore 16 and Plus/4 cartridges. I response, I
gathered, was that they were not very common here in teh United States,
and seemed just altogether uncommon.... maybe even some doubt as to the
actual number of titles created. 
...
 Recently, I picked up my first c-16 / Plus/4 cart -- it
was Scott Adams
adventure game Strange Odyssey sold by Commodore. This titles was not
mentioned by those on this listserv.  
It was one of the set of eight I had bought  (all with the commodore
brand name on em), I probably didn't mention it cause I don't remember
all the titles...  (I am reconing they are in the outside storage closet
which is currently inhabited by wasps...) *bummer*

...
 Anyway, I also have a TON of other titles that I have
been using for some
time on my PC emulator called Minus/4. A very good emulator. So, I guess
what I am finally getting at is it seems there actually WERE a lot of
different titles created for these machines, though I do not know the
actual numbers of titles, quantities, or popularity in the US. Could
anyone out there fill us in on some facts? 
Besides Magic Carpet Software, Data-20 (responsible for the +3
productivity programs in the +4s ROM), and Progressive Software
(Superbase is available for the Plus/4!)  I didnt hear of all that much
stuff put out in the U.S.  Europe on the other hand has had a great
following with the Plus/4 and C-16, most of the programs I would safely
guess are from there.

User support here was either through PLUG (Plus/4 Users Group), or Jim
Hehl in Anchorage.  Plug provided a list of European distributors and
Jim was into program conversion (Such popular 64 programs like
Speedscript were converted).

The major bummer about European Plus/4 stuff is alot of it is compressed
and locked into PAL mode and thus unviewable on NTSC displays.  (Jim &
Jack Vandewrwhite had converted some though, I think they are available
on funet.fi's FTP., I think the series is called 'ceepee4' something...)

...
 I just don't have the experience in these machines
needed to accurately
inform others. 
...
 Finally, does anyone have a c-16 or Plus/4 machine for
sale or trade. I
just have this one cartridge, but I have a burning desire to acquire one
or more of these machines. Please let me know. 
  Actually.... YES!

  I picked up one a couple weeks back and will sell it to you for the
price I paid ($2.95) plus shipping (USPS, $10 or so...)  It comes in its
box with a Power Supply  (I don't think I have any extra manuals,
sorry).  I just powered it up and it does work (though there is a
strange wire hanging out; looking on the motherboard I would assume it
was for a utility cart or something.  Regardless it doesn't affect
operation.)  E-mail me if interested.

                Larry Anderson
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