Apple and Commodore Computers

From: Hans Franke <franke_at_sbs.de>
Date: Wed Jul 8 08:07:36 1998

>> 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.

> There are four flavors of the Commodore 64.

> 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.

> 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.

> 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.

> 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.

> 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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HRK
Received on Wed Jul 08 1998 - 08:07:36 BST

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