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From: 621126@mercury.utb.edu (Mike Gordillo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Another C65 found!
Date: 6 Nov 1994 16:41:00 GMT

Hello,
 
 
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The following is a post from a friend of mine who just revealed to me
that he owned a C65!  I'll ask him if we wants to be included in a
C65 owner list if such a list exists.  But for now, some of you may
find descriptions on his machine (very very early c65 ???) to be useful.
 
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Mike,
 
   Why, I own it, of course. Serial # 000000008! ;)
Yep, I bought it from where? You'll kill yourself when you hear this- From
Creative Equipment!!! And I got the last one. Apparently Grapevine wasn't the
only exclusive dealer that handled C65 stuff. It was being spread over the
world, and I would estimate a rough 1,000 or so C65 are available out 
there in the market, in addition to what Grapevine offered a while ago.
 
Anyway, here's the specs:
Internals of the c65 computer-
 
u1- Victor Chip ???
u2- Bill Chip   ???
u3- programmable logic array chip by texas instruments
u4- 8580r5 chipset by Commodore Semiconductor Group.
u5- 8580r5 chipset by Commodore Semiconductor Group.
u6- c65 kernal ROM
u7 to u10- 4465 RAM 64k bit chips by Texas Instruments
u11- ???
u12- ???
u13- ???
u14- ???
u15- ???
u16- ???
u17- c65 basic ROM
u18- ???
u19- 16 MHz clock
u20- 17 MHz clock
u22- 1581 floppy disk controller chip by CSG
 
On the RAM expansion board-
u1- ???
u2- ???
u100 to u107- RAM chips, unknown K
 
It is in NTSC mode, uses the composite monitor of the LB"9
 
Uses a Mitsumi Keyboard, but keyboard layout is different from previous CBM
8-bit computers, notably the additional function keys and the
run/stop key at a different location.
 
It has two LED's: one for power and the other for the disk drive.
4 DIN power port- I used my HD power supply to work with it.
2 Controller ports for joysticks, etc.
1 Reset button.
1 composite video port
1 RF port
1 RGBI Video Port
Two stereo right and left jacks
1 user port
1 serial port
1 expansion port
 
A strange port marked L and H with a visible screw.
 
Upon power up, it says:
 
Commodore C64DX Development System
Copyright 1991 Commodore Electronics Ltd.
Copyright 1977 Microsoft.
 
BASIC 10.0 V0.9B.910710 All Rights Reserved
 
English Keyboard
No Expansion RAM
No C1565 Drive
ROM Checksum $2456
 
I fiddled around with the MONITOR command, and to my amazement a .Z
register in addition to the staple Accumulator, .X and .Y registers! The
program counter is three bytes wide.
 
And yes, it has a go64 mode. It looks distorted though.
 
Silent
 
 
-$CFFD-$CFFF contains a version number for newer versions of the ROMs.