commodore 64/128 question

[Teo Zenios]

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From: "Jay West" <jwest at classiccmp.org>
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Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: commodore 64/128 question


> Cameron wrote....
> > Some people complain about "128 compatibility" when what they're really
> > observing is glitchiness between 64 fastloaders written for the 1541
> > trying
> > to run on a 1571. EA games were notorious for that; I kept a 1541 around
> > specifically for that purpose. Booted from a 1541, the 128 ran it fine.
> Thanks a ton for all the good info! I think I recall a lot of software was
> specific to the 1541 drive with regards to copy protection. Will this
> software typically run on a 1571, and will the 1541 run on the 128 along
> with a 1571?
>
> > The only other disadvantage is that the 128 is kind of wasteful,
> > space-wise.
> > It may be low slung, but it will take up most of a desk.
> Really? I thought it was shorter than the C64, and only a few inches
deeper?
>
> Jay

The C128 is much wider and deeper (depending on if you are comparing it to
the brown C64 or the later wedge C64C). I use mine as a glorified C64 most
of the time (have it connected to a 1084 Monitor with a cable for 80 column
mode as well as 40 column mode. The C128 has a z80 for CPM also if that does
anything for you. Most of my C64 games are cracked images and they seem to
work fine in the 1571.

The C128 video out can look worse then the C64 because of the video chip
(some people complain about lines on the screen), and I do not know which
SID version the 128 uses (if that is a factor to you).