On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Bo Zimmerman wrote:
> Well, for the time being, I'm calling it a CBM 500/700. Early literature
> from Europe says that those were the top names for the CBM-II low profile
> machines before they settled on CBM 610/620. Since the serial number is
> low, that will do for now. I have put together a page for it at:
> http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/cb700.html
>
> It has a bunch of links to photos for all the mysteries I described. The
> binaries for the ROMs are also there, for anyone interested.
>
> Since the previous and original owner got the machine without an original
> box at a C= fire sale, and he swears the sticker has always been torn, I'm
> afraid speculation is what I will have to live with. Of course, I don't
> like ambiguity, especially with regard to my Commodore computers. :) He said
> that he believed it was called a CBM 500, which is all I have to go on...
The picture of the torn label may be enough for someone to identify the
label on a machine where it is intact.
The circuit board should have a copyright and part number on it somewhere.
It may be on the back side and you may have to remove the board in order
to find it. The part numbers are unique and should identify the circuit
board if not the entire machine.
The labels on the EPROM's do not have a Commodore part number or copyright
notice, suggesting they are not original, or were a prototype that was not
intended to be sold.
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