> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Cureau
> Sent: 05 February 2004 14:23
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only
> Subject: Re: This just in - Commodore B128 low profile
> computer (NOT 128D)
>
>
> The computer itself is kinda nice. It had a MOS 6509
> processor in it, which was the beginnings of Commodore's
> memory management experiments.
> Some models also had the same video and sound chips as the
> Commodore 64.
> I'd really like one of these myself. :)
That was the P500 series, aka the PET II, and it was never released apart
from a few samples to dealers before being canned because the C64 was doing
so well. The B500/B128 was the 'b'usiness version that didn't have colour or
sound.
The European P500 made in Germany is more common than the US made, er, US
one :) Highest serial number I've seen on a european one is 1763.
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Commodore/p500/commodorep500.php
Cheers
--
Adrian/Witchy
Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum
www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(
Received on Thu Feb 05 2004 - 10:49:25 GMT