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[The Secret Weapons of Commodore!]
They were the secret weapons!
The unrealized phantasms of technological wonder!
The ravings of mad geniuses made flesh and locked away in caverns of dust never
to see the light of day!
The demons that Tramiel forgot, to come tapping at their door even as the winds
of oblivion beckon and spit!
Changes from the our previous edition: here's (15 Sep 2022)[5] What's Newly
Discovered.
Please also read this note on [6]using images and information from SWoC and this
very important [7]Disclaimer.
[8]What Is This Archive?, or, An Excruciatingly Lengthy History of Commodore
The horrifying tale of the behemoth from its origins in the blackest nethermists
of time, to its agonising struggle against the slavering maw of destruction!
* (18 Apr 1998)[9]The Secret Timeline
* (21 Jan 2018)[10]The Other Intellect/TOI Series, The MicroPET and The Color
PET
The cold intelligence that may have changed history, only to be lost in awful
darkness for all eternity!
* (7 Dec 2002)[11]The 3008
A forgotten remnant in the metamorphosis that produced the mighty PET!
* (1 Jul 2007)[12]The VIC-40
A secret longing never realised, and a lost burning, gnawing secret that
forever consumed a machine's tender soul!
* (11 Aug 2020)[13]The 6509s: P500, B500, B128/256, 610/710, 620/720, 630/730,
B700, BX256
Only the alien green of their phosphors could match their bizarre design for
sheer astonishment!
* (1 Jul 2007)[14]D128 and Prototype 128
The eerie travails of fate may have caused future generations to be forever
cursed by its design!
* (11 Aug 2020)[15]The CBM 900
A brooding colossus of awesome power eternally bound to oblivion by the
chains of its successors!
* (1 Jul 2007)[16]The 4064s: Educator 64, PET 64
Their diabolical cognitions sought to infiltrate the innocent child's mind
with their horrifying stench!
* (18 Jan 2018)[17]The 7501s: TED Developer Prototype, 116, 116 Portable, Book
116, 232, 264, 364, Canadian Plus/4
Even then the fantastic beast of the TED chip could mold and metamorphose
into fearsome incarnations beyond the conception of mortal man!
* (29 Dec 2004)[18]The Lorraine
A hypnotic glance from this eerily fascinating creature and you were forever
ensnared in its unyielding, all-consuming spell as it spawned new and more
powerful incarnations of evil encased in rapturous beauty!
* (21 Jan 2018)[19]The Commodore 65
The last gasp of a giant, its tentacles struggling to repulse the hordes that
now beset it!
* (1 Jul 2007)[20]The Multi-User Cash Terminal Register
Eyes glittering with avarice, the shadowy leviathan encircles its treasures,
its incredible fury unleashed on those who seek to possess them!
* (7 Dec 2002)[21]The TT13
Wheels, gears and mechanism chatter and cackle as the nefarious imp taunts
all who might challenge it!
* The Portables:
+ (29 Dec 2004)[22]The HHC-4
Memories of the "calculator days" stir in the febrile brain of this lost
demon!
+ (21 Jan 2018)[23]The Executives: SX-64, DX-64, Executive 64, SX-100,
SX-500
Power crushed and compressed into proportions so dense that the entire
galaxy might implode beneath their fantastic bulk!
+ (21 Jan 2018)[24]The Commodore LCD
A sleek, bristling contraption that seduced men with a siren song of
days yet to come!
* The Game Machines:
+ (15 Sep 2022)[25]The TV Game 2000K and 3000H
Pong's most terrifying doppelgängers, unleashed on an unsuspecting
continent!
+ (7 Dec 2002)[26]The Chessmate; Microchess for the KIM-1 and C64/128
A pulsing brain working the infinite streams of probability,
diabolically calculating the overthrow of all that challenge it!
Featuring the original Microchess for the 64, 128 and KIM-1!
+ (21 Jan 2018)[27]The Ultimax/Max Machine, The 64GS, The 64CGS
Rareified lumps of console steel, their ghosts even today haunt your
64's memory map!
* The Peripherals:
+ (11 Aug 2020)[28]The Disk Drives: SFD 1001, 1541D, 1542, 1543, 1551 (SFS
481), 1561, 1563, 1565, 1570, 1571-II, 1571CR, 1572, 1582, 1590, 1591,
8060, 8061, 8062, 8280
Dark minions bound by foul allegiance, their fates were sealed as their
infernal masters were swallowed by time's gaping maw!
+ (1 Jul 2007)[29]The Hard Drives: "HD10", CBM D9060, CBM D9090
Like black leeches, their swollen, fleshy lips working to swallow
anything within reach down their insatiable gullets!
+ (21 Jan 2018)[30]The Hardware Oddities: VC-1020/VIC-1020, Magic Voice
Cartridge, C64 80 Column Card, VC 40 IEEE-488 Cartridge, Digi-Drum,
"Music Synthesiser", Touch Screen Monitor, Tseng PET Graphics Board,
Light Pen, SuperCartridge, MBS-100, -150, -CP, Commodore "MIDI Keyboard"
Exploited experimental mockeries and the horribly disfigured spawn of
tortured designs!
+ (21 Jan 2018)[31]The SFX Series: Sound Expander, Sound Sampler, Music
Maker/Music Maker II, External Keyboard
Wailing, shrieking demons doomed to moan their diabolic cacophonies
unheard and forgotten by their shadowy creator!
* The Remixes:
+ (21 Jan 2018)[32]The PET Breeds: Teachers' PET, SuperPET/SP9000/MMF9000,
MDS 6500, 4032-P, PET Register, PET 200, PET 8296-GD
The strangest, most fearsome manifestations of a deceptively innocent
animal!
+ (1 Jul 2007)[33]The VIC-20 Remixes: "VIC-16", VIC-21/SuperVIC, "VIC-TV",
Silver VIC, Gold VIC
Stronger it grows, feeding on its ancestors, roaming through the
subterranean tunnels of obscurity!
+ (1 Jul 2007)[34]The 64 Remixes: Gold 64 and Jubilee 64, "Aldi", 64G
No one could have possibly imagined these mutated freaks birthed from
her unsuspecting womb!
+ (21 Jan 2018)[35]The 128 Remixes: 128D/81, Commodore 256, Commodore
128DL, Commodore 128CR
Secret metamorphoses and mind-boggling manifestations of a changeling
creature!
+ (21 Jan 2018)[36]The Japanese Remixes: Japanese 64, Japanese VIC-20
Not content with conquering Europe and the States, the beast turns its
ravenous attentions to the Pacific!
+ (21 Jan 2018)[37]The Swedish Remixes: Swedish PET 3032, PET 200, VIC-20,
64/64C, 128, 128D, 128DCR (certain models also released in Finland)
Even the desolate chill of the far north failed to slow the inexorable
advance of its ominous form!
+ (1 Jul 2007)[38]The Norwegian Remixes: Norwegian PET 3032, 128D, 128DCR
Its body encased in black bilious ice, the monstrosity hiberates in
swirling sleep for the opportunity to one day awake and feed on flesh
again!
+ (7 Dec 2002)[39]The German Remixes: German 64, 128, 128D, 128DCR
Panic grips the populace as it steps forth to ravage the European
heartland!
+ (11 Aug 2020)[40]The Latin American Remixes: Sigma Commodore 16, Drean
64, 64C, 16, 128, DC-320, DC-1530/1531
What malignant spout of evil could have created such destruction and
carnage from the deserts of Mexicali to the grasslands of Patagonia!
+ (1 Jul 2007)[41]The Swiss Remixes: The 128, 128D, 128DCR
Goosebumps rise and hair stands on end as its malevolent groan of
triumph echoes through the Alps!
+ (1 Jul 2007)[42]The Danish Remixes: The 64
Deep below as unsuspecting terrestrial masses teem, the submerged ghoul
bides its time to surface!
+ (1 Jul 2007)[43]The Spanish Remixes: The 128, 128D, 128DCR
Framed in the ghostly architecture of the Moors lurks the shadowy horde,
their claws growing and cracking as their plans for conquest bubble!
+ (1 Jul 2007)[44]The Belgian/French Remixes: The 128, 128D, 128DCR
No line of Maginot would ever defend against such a mighty dark evil!
+ (1 Jul 2007)[45]The Italian Remixes: The 128, 128D, 128DCR
The fog over the Tiber lifts to reveal the creature rushing forth with
slavering fangs!
* Secret Weapons In The News:
+ [46]The SuperPET and the B128 (scanned image of a NorthWest ad,
Transactor 9/1988, 167K .gif) Good example of some of the software
available for the B series and the SuperPET.
+ [47]B128 Collection (scanned image of a Protecto ad, Gazette 9/1984,
107K .gif) A B128-bundle with 8050 drive and 4023 printer.
+ [48]The C65 Forum (letters section, ZZap!64 12/1991, 117K .jpg courtesy
Iain Black) A collection of letters about the 65 when its presence was
first leaked to the public.
+ [49]The 64GS (magazine cover, Commodore Format 10/1990, 80K .jpg
courtesy Iain Black) Magazine cover milking the rollout of the
abyssmally poor selling 64GS.
+ [50]The 1571/72 (clipping, Commodore Microcomputers 4/1985, 119K .jpg
courtesy Anthony Beckett) Column detailing some interesting notes about
the '71 and 2.
+ [51]The 900 (article, Commodore Microcomputers 9-10/1985, 188K .jpg
courtesy Anthony Beckett) Complete article on the 900 probably based on
Commodore press releases.
+ The LCD: [52]page 1 (246K) and [53]page 2 (208K) (article, Commodore
Microcomputers 3-4/1985, .jpg courtesy Anthony Beckett) Complete article
on the LCD, although some data conflicts with current theory -- may have
been Commodore wishful thinking.
____________________________________________________________________________
Over twenty years of Commodore secrets (1998-2022)!
Famous last words:
"[Commodore] is likely to be one of the big success stories of the early 1990s".
-- Mark Stahlman, financial analyst for Alex. Brown & Sons
[Jack Tramiel]
Would you buy a refurbished typewriter from this man?
And how's this for rarities? Would you believe the [54]Commodore thermostat [40K
.gif] (courtesy Marko Mäkelä) -- with an actual [55]photograph of an existing
model! [64K .jpg] (courtesy Joe Torre) -- or the [56]Commodore adding machines
[260K .jpg] (courtesy Marko, Andreas Boose, George Page)? The walkie-talkies and
radio in the picture are, according to Bo Zimmerman, not actually from the
Commodore we kn[oe]w. True Commodore office equipment almost always had the
"chicken-head" device.
____________________________________________________________________________
Secret Weapons of Commodore is truly a collaborative effort. There is not enough
time nor space to thank all the people who have contributed, but here's as many
as I can remember from my archives:
Former Commodore people who directly or otherwise assisted:
[Chuck Peddle]
Chuck Peddle (shown here on Skype at VCF East 4.0, for the PET 30th anniversary;
RIP 2019),
[Bob Russell, Bil Herd and Dave Haynie]
Bob Russell (who put up with a lot of shutterbugging at VCFE4), [57]Bil Herd (who
put up with even more), and [58]Dave Haynie (who put up with about as much as
Bob, and also let me bug him incessantly earlier on for the 7501 and other
things) [left to right, at VCFE4 with the celebratory cake],
Dale Luck (see you at the next VCF in San Jose!), Dr Peter Kittel (the patience
of saints!), [59]Peter Jennings ("Mr. Microchess"), Andy Finkel, Dennis Jarvis,
Fred Bowen, Terry Ryan,
[60][Jim Butterfield, RIP (2007)]
and last but not least, Jim Butterfield (RIP 2007 -- we will miss you greatly).
Click the thumbnail to see one of Jim's classic Pro-Line ads (.jpg, 101K).
The Massive Thank-You Hall of Fame: (in no particular order) [61]Marko Mäkelä's
indispensible expertise helped get Secret Weapons started accurately; Jim Brain,
various data and trivia; Moise Sunda, for fantastic pictures of the 65, 1551, and
Educator 64; Markus Mehring, for tons of scans and lots of tech data on some of
the really odd ones in this collection; Nicolas Welte for the 1570 pictures, tons
of magazine scans, and technical assistance; Marc Walters deserves a piece of pie
for his cool information on the 64GS, among other things; Hidehiko Ogata for the
complete Japanese entry, as well as some help on my [62]Tomy Tutor page, and
managing to find an Ultimax!; Richard Atkinson for help on the 7501/264 series,
the SFX series, and the SFX Sound Expander unit; [63]Bo Zimmerman for numerous
pictures and entry assistance (particularly with the 2000K, 1565, 128DLs and
VIC-21); Hans Franke, for general assistance and the 500 pictures, plus complete
and extraordinary history on the B/P; Dan Benson, for multiple photographs of his
unusual units (particularly the 232, VIC-1001 and V364); [64]Steve Gray for
irreplaceable pictures of the 900 and CBM-II series, as well as amazing Commodore
literature on same; Mike Stein for digging up the Cursor issues that helped to
explain TOI, the 6562/3, the Colour PET and the VIC-40; David Vohs, for articles,
data and pictures of the HHC-4, the "VIC-TV" and SX-100, finding the really
cryptic stuff around here, plus stuff on the Magic Voice; Lee Jones, for the
pictures and complete specs on the 3000H; Ric Rainbolt for complete entry and
pictures of the CCR/PET Register; [65]Anthony Beckett for lots of news clippings
(even more than I could use), especially for the 1572, LCD and 900; Ray Castaldo
for pictures of his sizeable collection of rarities (and for the 116!);
[66]Marc-Jano Knopp, for endless photographs (and to Peter Schepers for
maintaining this mirror); [67]Andre Fachat for help with the PETs and B series;
[68]Ullrich von Bassewitz for great pictures and tech data on the B/600 series;
Hans Karsten for the 232 pictures (and Arwin Vosselmann for all his helpful
information on that unit); Martijn van Buul for various assistance, original
Chessmate pics, and the 116 case; [69]Anders Carlsson, [70]Peter Karlsson and
Anders Gronberg (get those names straight) for multiple Swedish localized system
photographs; Paul Foerster for B-series notes and the original draft of
Microchess; Spiro Trikaliotis for notes on the 116 and Japanese 64; Asbjorn
Djupdal for the Norwegian remixes; Pablo Trincavelli for the Argentinian remixes;
Riccardo Rubini for the TT13 entry and photographs, and contributions to the 65
entry; Lee Rayner for mega-help with the TVG architecture and the gun photograph;
Todd Elliott for letting me blow flashbulbs over his 65, as well as submitting a
large number of TPUG back issues for review; T.J.T. van Kooten for the MUCTS
entry and photographs; John Selck for the Sound Sampler pictures; Joe Torre for
that cool thermostat picture; Jan Neuvians for material from the (rip) Commodore
Curiosity Page; Doug Cotton for neat anecdotes and the DL pictures; and Cal
Samut, who kindly converted many of the .jpgs to .gifs for Commodore viewers.
Other people who are extremely deserving of a cold beverage: (again, in no
particular order) Larry Anderson (another rarities collector -- visit [71]his
collection of Commodore oddities -- especially for the HHC of my own! :-),
[72]Woodrow Hinkleman (HHC-4), Danny O'Day (Magic Voice), [73]Ethan Dicks and
Simon Laule (9090/9060 hard drives), Per Olofsson (MagerValp), Claus Schoenleber
(Commodore 900), Jim Williams (a little extra Lorraine history), Darren Spiteri
(for all that typing in the MV entry! phew!), Magnus Eriksson (big thanks for
data on the SFX Sound Expander), Ron Slaminko (for the Magic Voice and the
1571-II heads-up), Michael Kurz (original SFX software developer), Antonio
Pagliaro (SFS-481), Dave Dunfield, Heinz Wolter, Travis Little, Christian Stich,
Randy Winchester, [74]Sascha Hoogen, Stefan Nagel, Raymond Bryan, Iain Black,
Tiziano (3008), Oyvind Antonsen, Scott Jones (HHC-4 hunter), Leo LaFlamme, Attila
Grosz, Gareth Young, Christian Janoff, Andrew Davie, Don Judy, Ian Moote, Jorge
Diaz, Niall Tracey, Brian Ketterling, Oliver Graf, Tony Duell, Holger Karlson,
Andre Reid, Eytan Kaziberdov, [75]Stephen Jones^W^WReDmArTiAn (how does he fit
that 3B2 in the car every year?), Benedetto Filippo Diana, Nick Coplin, Gareth
Knight and his Amiga site, Steve Croucher, Andreas Boose, George Page, Glenn
Holmer, Jorge Pedriera, Kroc Camen, Dave Gardner.
Several resources are frequently referenced and may appear abbreviated. Gazette =
COMPUTE! Gazette; COMPUTE! = regular COMPUTE!; On the Edge (Brian Bagnall, [76]in
print), The Home Computer Wars (Michael Tomczyk, out of print). All citations and
scans appear under what are believed to be fair use guidelines. If you have
concerns over the copyright of a particular item, please send me [77]an enquiry.
Information on these systems has been obtained through much research, but this is
all I could come up with. Send updates, changes, corrections and insertions to
me, Cameron Kaiser, at [78]ckaiser@floodgap.com. Again, if you intend to use
images or information from this archive, please [79]read this important notice,
and be sure to read this [80]disclaimer on the accuracy of information in this
virtual repository.
____________________________________________________________________________
©1998-2022 Cameron Kaiser. All rights reserved.
Originally I was going to call this "The Massed Gadgets of Commodore," but
probably no one would have gotten the Pink Floyd reference. Oh well.
15th edition since 3 April 1998.
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