Gunther Schadow wrote:
>
> There was this computer Commodore was going to make and then pulled
> out of the market. It was based on the 6509 CPU, I guess right before
> the 6510 / C64. I thought then as now that the case was especially
> nicely shaped (such beautiful round corners, reminescent of my 91
> Chevy Caprice.) I still remember when all those boards came onto
> the surplus market in a German electronics mail order catalog. When
> Commodore pulled them all from the market. I actually bought one
> back then, because I needed a replacement SID or something like that
> (I don't remember.) So, now I was looking for something in my old
> junk box and that board fell back into my hands. I think I don't
> need it any more, may be there is some collector here who would
> appreciate that board and bring it to life? Nothice that this is
> not a running system. It's just a mother board and all ROMs are
> pulled. The 6509 is on there and I'll be darned if it wasn't still
> good.
These guys might be interested.
http://retrobits.com/ckb/secret
Received on Sat Jun 01 2002 - 00:59:17 BST