On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Nicolas Welte wrote: > I think what you call version C is called B3 by the service manual, and What service manual is that? Mine only goes up to B2. > has ASSY # 250466. It's the same as B2, but has two 41464 RAM chips It is #250466. I call it version C because that's what it says on the serial number label. It's in a case styled like the C128. > instead of eight 4164 chips. There's also the two different E versions, > the later one might be called E2, but this is probably not it's official > Commodore name. So there is no C and no D version. > > To make confusion complete, there is a version of the original C64 with > 8 pin video connector. I have no idea about it's ASSY # or name, nothing > is printed onto it. Richard confirmed that he also has a few of those, > so it's not only me ;-) I read somewhere (I don't remember where) that the original C64 can have either a 5 or 8 pin connector. It only uses the original 5 pins. Commodore must have got a good deal on 8 pin sockets. > I think the C64 model and board naming is similar confusing as the 1541. > There, there is a 1541 and a 1541C (model names). They can contain: > 1540, 1541, 1541A or 1541B boards. I think this is it, the old long > board being the 1540 board, the 1541 board being the first short one, > the 1541A the two revised ones with some empty chip sockets for optional > stuff, and the 1541B the first version to use a 16k ROM chip and > components from the 1551/70/71 drives. The next generation is the > 1541-II/1571cr/(1571-II ?) with the SMD R/W chip in them. See my list of 1541 versions on funet for a description of the variations. - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tcm.hut.fi.
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