After an unacceptably long hiatus and several days of round the clock work,
the 12th edition of Secret Weapons of Commodore has been released.
Secret Weapons of Commodore is a repository site for rare, unusual, prototype
or vapourware Commodore computers and peripherals, focusing primarily on 8-bit
systems, with photographs and contemporary literature references where
possible. The URL is
http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/
New entries:
* the Drean Argentine remixes (thanks Pablo Trincavelli),
with pictures;
* the Norwegian 3032 and 128DCR (thanks Asbjorn Djupdal),
with pictures;
* the Swedish PET 200 (thanks Anders Gronberg), with pictures;
* the Commodore "MIDI Keyboard" (thanks Holger Karlson);
* the 1582 (thanks James Crook);
New pictures:
* complete pictures of the Ultimax (from my own unit), as well as
additional pictures from Dan Benson;
* additional pictures of the V364 (thanks Dan Benson);
* additional pictures of the 232 (Dan again);
* additional pictures and commercial blurbs of the VIC-1001 (Dan
encore);
* complete (and real this time!) pictures of the Lorraine boards,
taken at VCF (in Dale Luck's possession);
* complete pictures of the Swedish 3032 (thanks Peter Karlsson);
* keyboard pictures of the Swedish 128DCR (Peter again);
* the awful Swedish localization stickers (Peter encore);
* internals of the Sound Sampler (thanks John Selck);
* a screenshot of the 65 Burn-In board at work and an updated
screenshot of the 65 intro screen (thanks Moise Sunda);
* better picture of the 65 RAM expansion (thanks Riccardo Rubini);
* picture of the C116 box (yours truly);
* press clipping on the Music Maker (thanks Todd Elliott);
Updates:
* significant rewrites for clarity/accuracy of the Amiga early days;
* updated current history of the Amiga and Commodore brand names, along
with the C-One and DTV (thanks Jeri Ellsworth);
* the TV Game series' technical data as evidenced by the Coleco
Telstar;
* notes on the C65 board, firmware and chip revisions (thanks Anders
Carlsson, Riccardo);
* another possible HHC-4 sighting in the Toshiba IHC-8000 (thanks
Scott Jones);
* information on the disk version of the SFX software;
* the Music Maker seems to be an Incredible Music Keyboard clone
(thanks Todd);
* a little more history on the SX-500 (thanks Dale);
* early specifications of the Lorraine;
* the 364 does not have the same vocabulary as the Magic Voice (thanks
Bo Zimmerman);
* notes on the Ultimax's expansion port and rewrites for clarity;
* Michael Tomczyk seems to call the 364 the "MAX";
* where the Sound Sampler's creator is now;
* custodial updates to the 900, Golden 64, and Colour PET/TOI pages
Please continue to submit any updates, sightings and corrections. The URL,
as above, is
http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/
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