$000) Commodore started out into computing with the PET series of
computers. I am not sure if the first ones had PET emblem, but
nonetheless, What does P E T stand for?
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Personal Electronic Transactor
It seems this name was an afterthought so many other expansions can
also qualify. It was basically named PET to cash in on the Pet Rock
craze. Some examples of other expansions:
Personal Electronic Translator
Peddle's Electronic Transactor
Peddle's Ego Trip
This is where the Commodore magazine Transactor got its name.
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$001) Commodore planned to manufacture a successor series to the
successful Commodore 64 home computer. Both were intended to
be Business machines. We all know this resulted in the Commodore
Plus 4, but what were the machines originally called and what was
the difference between the two?
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the 364, which had, among other things, a larger Plus 4 style case
that housed the regular keyboard plus a numeric keypad. the 264
turned into the Plus 4, with 64K of RAm. We will never know much
more about the 364, since it got scrapped.
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$002) How much free memory does a Vic-20 have (unexpanded)?
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Oooh! There are many answers for this.
The VIC has 3583 bytes of RAM for BASIC
The VIC has 4096 bytes of RAM for ML
The VIC has 5120 bytes of RAM. 4K of RAM + 1K for Video.
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$003) What early 80's Commodore software company had a Light Bulb
as a company logo?
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Skyles Electric Works.
The Vic-20 came out with a few peripherals I want the model
numbers for the :
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$004) Disk Drive
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VIC-1540 - Same as 1541, only faster serial spped.
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$005) Cassette Player
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$006) Printer
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VIC 1515, which, by a miscommunication, could only use 7.5" paper.
Evidently, someone thought 8.5" meant full width of paper w/ perfs!
This printer was quickly supplanted and overtaken by the 1525, which
should own this title in the first place!
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$007) 16 K Ram Expansion.
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$008) Commodore Introduced 3 printers that used the same printer mechanism.
What are the model numbers.
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MPS 802, CBM 1526, PET 4023.
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$009) What is the diferences between the printers in #$008?
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MPS 802 (Serial), CBM 1526 (Serial),
PET 4023 (IEEE-488).
New questions to follow!
Note: I have changed to Hex, since it might be easier for others in CBM
to understand. In the tradition of RUN Magic!
The next edition to follow:
Email me with correction to the answers, suggestions for prizes,
Comments on the layout, all of the above.
Jim Brain
j.brain@ieee.org
10710 Bruhn Avenue
Bennington, NE 68007
(402) 431-7754
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