Hi Didier, Sorry for my late answer On 2011-12-11 19:55, Didier Derny wrote: > Any idea of the processor inside ? > I know it's a Z8000 but there were 2 version > After what I've heard :) > It's an Z8001 > One too simple not really useful :( > One too complex and to buggy and finally useless :( > > No idea of what is true / false. > > Any dump of the roms ? > > Any memory map ? > > Any boot disk ? > Our C900 hobby project have been stalled for a while now - mostly because og Xmas season and for my part $work activities - we hope to pick up the project again soon. > I think I still have some books on the Z8000. > > I indirectly discovered Unix and C with the commodore 900 :) > I was supposed to work on this machine.. > > -- > Didier > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : owner-cbm-hackers@musoftware.de > [mailto:owner-cbm-hackers@musoftware.de] De la part de Uffe Jakobsen > Envoyé : dimanche 11 décembre 2011 18:01 > À : cbm-hackers@musoftware.de > Objet : Re: commodore 900 emulation ? > > > > On 2011-12-10 15:00, Didier Derny wrote: >> >> Is there any commodore 900 emulation ? >> >> I’ve never seen one >> > > Not as far as I know... > >> Are there enough resources available… >> >> I saw a prototype of commodore 900 at the pet show 1984. >> >> It was inside a commodore 8000 box without screen… >> > > As you propably know - it never came beyond the prototype stage. > The product was killed by Commodore in the fight (with Amiga) for > production capacity - which was not unlimited - unfortunately. > > But the CBM900 did get to the stage where it was pretty close to a > product launch - it got its own casing looking quite similar to the one > that A2000 later was shipped in. > > The remaining prototypes and the documentation actually disagrees at > some points - so it is difficult to say what is the most correct. > > > I only know of 4 prototypes units in the wild: > > Bo Zimmerman has two units - one workstation (hires) and one server > (lowres) unit. They previously belonged to Claus Schönleber. > > Home Computer Museum has one unit - I do not know if it is a workstation > or a server unit. > > And then there is the one (server unit) that we are currently restoring. > > As far as I know there our unit is the only one that is able to power up > right now. > > PS: if anyone knows about more CBM 900 units and/or owners then please > speak up. > > /Uffe Jakobsen > > > > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2012-01-09 00:00:02
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