Re: incorrect C64 wikipedia page?

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 11:23:48 +0100
Message-Id: <27269F3F-395D-4838-A7E9-834E3A4ED7DD@wfmh.org.pl>
> On 2018-11-09, at 10:05, Francesco Messineo <francesco.messineo@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 1) yes, mostly there're three revisions if we exclude the slightly
> modified ones in the SX64, PET64, different keyboard models etc...
> this would be 901227-01 and yes, probably only present in 326298 PCBs
> and in the very early ones. I've never seen one in real life.
> 2) The second revision would be 901227-02 and that, in my experience,
> is present only in the 1982-1983 period PCBs. All 901227-02 I've seen
> have 83xx date codes anyway.
> 3) The third revision would be 901227-03 and it was introduced
> somewhere between 1983 and 1984, as all 1984 and later C64 that I've
> seen have the -03.
> 4) The C64C just "condensed" basic and kernel ROMs into one single
> 16Kbyte ROM instead of the 2 x 8Kbytes of the previous PCB revisions.
> It still uses the 901227-03 image, even if obviously the part number
> of this new ROM changed. So we can't really speak about a "revision"
> here.
> 
> What do you think?

You are very much right.

-- 
SD! - http://e4aws.silverdr.com/
Received on 2018-11-09 12:00:03

Archive generated by hypermail 2.2.0.