Commodore machines that never made it?

From: Doug Spence <ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca>
Date: Mon Dec 21 04:49:23 1998

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Jim Brain wrote:

> The two letters at far right indicate that someone owns this machine.
> The names are in Mnemonic, and the expansions are directly above these
> notes.

Do you have to know the person to include the name or something? The
reason I ask is that some items which I would assume to be common, don't
have owners attributed to them.

Note that if I own an item, I generally consider it to be common. :)

> Calculator Series:

<list snipped>

You are missing the Commodore PR-100.

It's dark brown, and has an intense orange, non LED display.

Just for the fun of it, I'll try typing in the keyboard layout, even
though I can't type some of the characters. :)

                  CLR LD RUN
                    _______ ____
                   [_____##] [__##] <--- power switch

 BACK STEP R/S GOTO SKIP
 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
|_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____|

 CLR sinh cosh tanh CA
 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
| | | | | | | | | |
| F | | sin | | cos | | tan | | C/CE|
|_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____|
                            x ___
 CLR e^x 10^x \/ y 1/x
 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
| | | | | | | x | | __ |
|(inv)| | ln | | log | | y | |\/x |
|_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____|

 C<->S d<->r slope intcp n!
 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
| | | | | | | | | __ |
|P<->R| | hms | | Ci | | Cs | | || | <-- pi. :)
|_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____|

 FRAC INT delXn /_\% x<->M <-- that's supposed to be
 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ delta% one key over
| | | | | | | | | |
| M | | MR | | Xn | | % | |x<->y|
|_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____|
   n n _
  Pm Cm s x s'
 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
| | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | | 8 | | 9 | | ( | | ) |
|_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____|

  deg rad grad M* M/ <-- really uses ordinary mult.
 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ | and div. symbols
| | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | | 5 | | 6 | | * | | / | <-
|_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____|

  SCI FP ENG M+ M-
 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
| | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | + | | - |
|_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____|
  o o
 ( F) C (in)cm (gal)l (lb)kg 9M
 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
| | | | | | | | | |
| 0 | | . | | EE | | +/- | | = |
|_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____|


Keys are dark brown, orange, or white except for the F key which is
yellow.

The part number listed on the back is Part No. 201392-03.

> PC Series:
> * A1060 DOS/PC SideCar that connects to an A1000.

I have one of these. It came standard with 256K, but with sockets so you
could put it up to 512K. It has 8-bit ISA slots, but I forget how many
(3 or 4). I used it mainly for controlling my A1000's hard drive. :)

> Hyperion PC Clone. Looked like Dynalogic Hyperion

You've gotta be kidding me! A Commodore Hyperion would be a cool find, to
place beside my two Dynalogic Hyperions!

> Disk Drive Series:
> * Amiga 3010 Single 3.5", 1.76M Dual Speed, internal.

Dunno if this counts, but I bought a second-hand A3000 (which I'm using to
type this message) with an internal 1.76MB drive, manufactured by Chinon I
believe. Would this be the 3010 unit sold by Commodore?

> Cartridge Series:
> * Music Machine

I have the Music Machine cartridge.

> * VIC 1927 Cosmic Jailhouse (Cosmic Jailbreak), Hong Kong, grey label

I have this one, titled "Cosmic Jailbreak". I don't remember if it has
a white label or a metallic one.

> * VIC 1929 Personal Finance

I have this cart, too.

> Cassette Software Series:
> * VT108 Math Improvement Six Pack (Numbowl, LCM Machine, Sector
> Five, Backfire, Ruler Dueler, City Motel PA

I have VT-108-F, the French language version, entitled "Math Livre I". I
saw book II at a Village des Valeurs a while back, but didn't pick it up.

The book I have has:

 "Quiz" math
 VIC decimales
 Math rapide
 VIC fractions
 Astro-shoot
 VIC pourcentages

> * Amiga 3406 Amiga RF Modulator.

Note that it is specific to the A1000. It uses the modulator port. I
have one of these.

For other software, would you include AmigaVision on the Commodore
software series? It was included with the A3000, and the manual and disks
carry the Commodore and Amiga logos, and the package had a
Commodore license agreement. The software bears a shared copyright
(1990) to Commodore-Amiga and IMSATT Corporation. It is multimedia
authoring software.


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-- 
Doug Spence
ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
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