Re: Commodore PC Boot DISK

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 11:38:36 -0500
Message-ID: <CAALmimmSKyh+-9OS_LHCuAMaKygT+Mo79AXTkXdRbpHz6EWSeQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:23 AM, didier derny <didier@aida.org> wrote:
> I have a motherboard with 8088/nec 20 capability but I have no experience
> with Commodore PC
> I even doubt that this board is from Commodore...

Doesn't look like.

> the board is very small every thing is regrouped tightly around the bus
> connector
> I've not seen any commodore sign on the board...
> just on the bios

Right.

> this is the board... any idea if it is from commodore ?
> http://www.ebay.fr/itm/111853153902?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

The BIOS chip is almost certainly a CBM BIOS.  You see the copyright
message, and the part number matches a known CBM BIOS chip...

http://mhv.bplaced.de/test/hexdump?CBM_NR=380258-03

The board in the picture, though, looks like a generic Taiwanese 8-bit
PC clone board, not Commodore style, not marked Commodore.

I have a Commodore Colt.  Its board is quite different, down to a
different style of power connector (Molex) and a 40-pin XT-IDE
interface.  Not even close to this board.

-ethan

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