Commodore 720

From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
Date: Tue Oct 17 09:11:51 2000

> > I don't seem to be finding much these days, so please excuse me showing this
> > off.
> > No keyboard unfortunately.

> > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1166661&a=9401608

Any CBM II Keyboard should do the trick. I may have one
left from a 8296LP (the computer has been stolen two years ago).

> Finally! That kind of housing style that looks just right at home
> with 1990's stuff. I don't get it that C= didn't apply that styling
> and "compactness" to their other machines and use color monitor and
> more modern guts. C= in late times before got bagged by chapter 11
> was building very unstylish blocky machines and large as well, theirs
> looked alike to any clones machines at that time.

They did, the 8032 and 8296 LP have been sold well during the
mid 80s, althou it looked like Commo did it only because die
hard CBM users forced them, while the company focused onto
the home/game market - like Apple and the A2s.

> Looks like they took a C64 or doubled up C128 version stuffed
> into that thing? When I was in high school, I see plus/4, c64's by
> brunch all in all kinds of problems and dud psu bricks in junk piles
> in electronics class room. That's years ago.

Nop, the 720 is the All in one brother of the 610, which is
nothing else than the German numbering scheme for the B128.

> Good catch on your "rare" find, *honestly* I haven't seen this kind
> ever.

In fact, most 'PET' (read CBM) to be found nowadays are
of this kind (8031, 8296), just the 720 is realy uncomon.

Gruss
H.

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