From: Bo Zimmerman (bo_at_zimmers.net)
Date: 2007-07-03 23:33:28
Heya -- I can speak to the CBM-II 256k issue a bit.
I have a 256k low profile CBM-II machine, and its quite a genuine "born that
way" machine; by that I mean it has matching memory series, nicely surface
mounted memory chips, etc. And while the box was labeled B256, the machine
itself is labeled as a B500 model. I also have 128k B500s, so clearly that
muddied it all up in my own mind.
As to the existence of a genuine CBM 620 -- that one has puzzled me for
awhile too. I've never seen one displayed on a web site. I did get an
email many many years ago from a fellow here in the U.S. who claimed to have
one he picked up in Germany he wanted to sell, but after numerous (read:
hundreds) of attempts to contact him again, I failed to get any more than
that out of him.
If you find out the answer to that one, I'd sure like to know.
- Bo
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-cbm-hackers@ling.gu.se [mailto:owner-cbm-hackers@ling.gu.se] On
Behalf Of Anders Carlsson
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 4:13 PM
To: cbm-hackers@ling.gu.se
Subject: Re: Secret Weapons of Commodore 13th edition
Marko Mäkelä wrote:
>> CBM D220 which is a relabeled 8296-D.
> Is there some easy way to detect if it is a 8096 or 8296?
Well, I assumed it is a 8296D since it has internal disk drives? As far as I
know, there never was a 8096D model, but I could be wrong.
I believe it should be possible to review the motherboard layout if it is a
8096, 8296 or 8296D. Number of RAM chips among other things.
> But I guess there weren't any CBM 600, just 610 (B128-LP) and 620
(B256-LP).
True. CBM 600 and PET/CBM 700 rather were family names, like 8000 series.
Actually I might've seen front plates that say either CBM 700, PET 700 or
PET 700/128K, while the back plate should tell the exact model.
For that matter, has anyone ever seen a genuine CBM 620, or were all just
256K upgraded versions of the 610?
--
Anders Carlsson
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