Re: Commodore PC Boot DISK

From: Terry Raymond <traymond20_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 09:54:45 -0700
Message-ID: <CAEFCF-ok_HJ0fF0Ds+-hcovkPMcWTNCOq-FxjsKPVmpz1+Z7pw@mail.gmail.com>
You might have a look on:
www.zimmers.net

I saw one CBM PC there that looks similar.
Terry Raymond

On Monday, February 8, 2016, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:23 AM, didier derny <didier@aida.org
> <javascript:;>> 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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