17 Jul
1997
17 Jul
'97
1:32 a.m.
catching up...
Most of what has already been said here is pretty
much correct. I'll add:
B-series were regular low-profile micros.
CBM-series had integrated monitors. I've never seen one of the
CBM series machines.
IMO they're pretty nice machine which had some attractive options
when they came out. They didn't last long and very little seems to
have been written for them.
You can find schematics for the B-128-80 in the archive (Web/FTP).
If any of you need a drive for one of these CBM 4040's work fine
(8050 is a better but less common drive). I have a number of
4040s and could definitely part with a couple if you want to pay
the shipping costs (heavy, heavy drives).
As soon as I clear through the research I have several items for
this series that will go in the archive - the manual, a word
processor and a spreadsheet, and some technical notes.
Any of you hard core commodore folks know who might have ended up
owning the rights to this stuff?
Bill
17 Jul
17 Jul
1:45 a.m.
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Bill Whitson wrote:
B-series were regular low-profile micros.
CBM-series had integrated monitors. I've never seen one of the
CBM series machines.
Me neither. Anyone got one????
If any of you need a drive for one of these CBM
4040's work fine
(8050 is a better but less common drive). I have a number of
4040s and could definitely part with a couple if you want to pay
the shipping costs (heavy, heavy drives).
Where are you located? My PET is lonely and has only a C2N cassette to
play with...
As soon as I clear through the research I have several
items for
this series that will go in the archive - the manual, a word
processor and a spreadsheet, and some technical notes.
Any of you hard core commodore folks know who might have ended up
owning the rights to this stuff?
Bill
Last I checked/remembered, ESCOM held the rights to the Commodore name and
to many of their patents/literature/etc. They are at
http://www.commodore.net. Lately, Gateway purchased all the Amiga stuff
and if I remember correctly started licensing clone makers.
Much to the chagrin of commie lovers, the C= logo now only appears on PC
clone boxes... :(
Les
more(a)crazy.rutgers.edu
2:08 a.m.
Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Bill Whitson wrote:
I have at a CBM 8032 and another something out in the garage that I
*think* is another CBM machine. When I got it (8 or 10 years ago) it
came with a bunch of cassette tapes, a CBM 8050 dual floppy drive, and
some other stuff I haven't gotten back into to see what it is. At a
quick glance, it looks like one of the 2001 series except for a slightly
larger monitor and a slightly different looking keyboard. A friend of
mine is going to loan me his digital camera to play around with and I
hope to be putting up a web page within two months.
B-series were regular low-profile micros.
CBM-series had integrated monitors. I've never seen one of the
CBM series machines.
Me neither. Anyone got one????
2:32 p.m.
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Marvin wrote:
Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Bill Whitson wrote:
>
> > B-series were regular low-profile micros.
> > CBM-series had integrated monitors. I've never seen one of the
> > CBM series machines.
>
> Me neither. Anyone got one????
Sorry for the misunderstanding... If by CBM series you mean the PET's
then yeah I got one. I thought you were referring to the B series that
had the integrated monitors and looked like PET's. Those are what i
haven't seen yet.
Les
I have at a CBM 8032 and another something out in the garage that I
*think* is another CBM machine. When I got it (8 or 10 years ago) it
came with a bunch of cassette tapes, a CBM 8050 dual floppy drive, and
some other stuff I haven't gotten back into to see what it is. At a
quick glance, it looks like one of the 2001 series except for a slightly
larger monitor and a slightly different looking keyboard. A friend of
mine is going to loan me his digital camera to play around with and I
hope to be putting up a web page within two months.
3:21 a.m.
New subject: Amiga/C= (Re: Commodore B-128 series)
Last I checked/remembered, ESCOM held the rights to the
Commodore name and
to many of their patents/literature/etc. They are at
http://www.commodore.net. Lately, Gateway purchased all the Amiga stuff
and if I remember correctly started licensing clone makers.
Gateway got the Amiga stuff, but not the Commodore stuff. The two are once
again seperate companies. Amiga is a seperate business unit of Gateway
http://www.amiga.de , and I believe consists of 7 people. Apparently work
is underway on a 64-bit version of the OS running on the PowerPC. I think
there are a total of two clone makers, and Amiga itself has two models,
both of which are '93 era tech! Somehow it seems like a ridiculous risk on
Gateway's part, but who knows.
As for Commodore, they are owned by some Dutch company now I believe, but
am not sure.
Zane
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