On Feb 1, 8:14, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> I know what you mean about a PET 4032 being elusive. It's one model I
> haven't run across yet.
I sold one about 4 years ago for UKP20 (about $30).
> I do have a 4016 I need to repair - someone on
> this list used to use it when it was at UC Santa Barara, IIRC - it has a
> laboratory I/O package - BNCs and banana jacks in a metal box off to the
> right side, and a small card cage inside that sits on the two 40-pin
> expansion connectors. It's one of the ones that Commodore prevented from
> being upgraded by perforating the motherboard at the upper 16K positions.
> It can be restored, but there are several 3/8" holes and missing pads
> and traces to work around.
I remember upgrading a few like that in the early '80s. The college
deliberately bought 4106s becasue the cost of memory was lower than the
price difference, and we were a bit cheesed off to find those drilled
holes. I upgraded them anyway, it just took a little longer.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Fri Feb 01 2002 - 15:52:51 GMT