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  Commodore 65 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Commodore 65 (also known as the C64DX, not to be confused with the Commodore DX-64 portable unit) was a prototype computer created by Fred Bowen and others at Commodore Business Machines (CBM) (part of Commodore International) in 1990–91.
The C65 was an improved version of the Commodore 64, and it was meant to be backwards-compatible with the older computer, while still providing a number of advanced features close to that of the Amiga.
When Commodore International was liquidated in 1994, a number of prototypes were sold on the open market, and thus a few people actually own a Commodore 65.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commodore_65   (339 words)

  
 Commodore International - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Commodore soon had a profitable calculator line and was one of the more common brands in the early 1970s, producing both ordinary as well as scientific/programmable calculators.
Commodore had to be rescued once again by an infusion of cash from Gould, which Tramiel used beginning in 1976 to purchase several second-source chip suppliers, including MOS Technology, Inc., in order to guarantee supply.
Commodore UK was the only subsidiary to survive the bankruptcy and even placed a bid to buy out the rest of the operation, or at least the former parent company.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commodore_International   (2704 words)

  
 Commodore 65 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Commodore 65 (also known as the C64DX) was a (A standard or typical example) prototype computer created by Fred Bowen and others at (additional info and facts about Commodore Business Machines) Commodore Business Machines in 1990-1991.
The C65 was an improved version of the (additional info and facts about Commodore 64) Commodore 64, and it was meant to be backwards-compatible with the older computer, while still providing a number of advanced features close to that of the (additional info and facts about Amiga) Amiga computer.
When the company was liquidated in 1994, a number of prototypes were sold on the open market, and thus a few people actually own a Commodore 65.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/commodore_65.htm   (388 words)

  
 Commodore 65 - TheBestLinks.com - Amiga, Central processing unit, Commodore 64, Commodore International, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Commodore 65, Amiga, Central processing unit, Commodore 64, Commodore...
The Commodore 65 (also known as the C64DX) was a prototype computer created by Fred Bowen and others at Commodore Business Machines in 1990-1991.
The C65 was an improved version of the Commodore 64, and it was meant to be backwards-compatible with the older computer, while still providing a number of advanced features close to that of the Amiga computer.
www.thebestlinks.com /Commodore_65.html   (310 words)

  
 commodore.ca | Rare Commodore Computer Hardware Picture / Photo Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Commodore V364 was touted inside Commodore as 'TED speaks', as it had an INTEGRATED voice sound chip that could reproduce 261 different words.
This Commodore TV 3000H console was produced sometime in the mid to late 1970's for the UK market.
Commodore 64 in a standard PET chassis used primarily by teachers in the class.
www.commodore.ca /gallery/hardware/hardware.htm   (3785 words)

  
 Commodore.ca | Products | Commodore 64 History, Manuals & Photo's 64C 64GS
Because Commodore Canada was the last division to fall, much of this inventory had been moved from other sites to their Toronto headquarters and this is where most of the of the prototypes came out of.
Her original intent was to create a circuit that would allow the original Commodore 64 to function with a modern VGA monitor.
Commodore shows a Golden Jubilee version of the 64 to commemorate the 1,000,000 C64 to be produced in the US Commodore introduces the SX-64, the worlds first portable colour computer.
www.commodore.ca /products/c64/commodore_64.htm   (3983 words)

  
 Secret Weapons of Commodore: The Commodore 65
Well, it was a nice thought, anyway; the 65 is 64 compatible, but not in the sense that the 128 is 64 compatible.
As a consequence, all the standard banking layouts for the 65 put I/O and Kernal interfaces in $C000-$DFFF to force currently executing code to be in one 32K zone only and allowing it to bank the other half around at whim.
The name 64DX is easily confused with the DX-64, a double-drive version of the SX-64, because according to Doug Cotton, Commodore was penny-pinching and decided to actually use the stickers (and therefore the name) from the ultra-rare DX-64 unit for the 65 (deciding it would make as good a model number as any).
www.floodgap.com /retrobits/ckb/secret/65.html   (1698 words)

  
 COMP.SYS.CBM: General FAQ, v3.1 Part 1/9
The Commodore line of computers has a seemingly endless supply of quality programs available for it, and more are being created daily.
On April 29, 1994, Commodore International announced that it had been unable to renegotiate terms of outstanding loans and were closing down the business.
Of course, since Commodore hasn't served the Commodore 8-bit community for quite some time, most Commodore owners are only interested in what will happen to Commodore Semiconductor Group (CSG), the fabricator for many of the special ICs in the Commodore 8-bit line.
www.faqs.org /faqs/commodore/main-faq/part1   (2888 words)

  
 The Machine Room :: Commodore :: Commodore 65 :: General   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Almost vapourware, the Commodore 65 was Commodore's plan to re-create the true home computer niche, ten years after the home computer boom.
The production of the Commodore AmigaAmiga 1000 might have had something to do with it, as it's somewhat similar to an Amiga 500, in terms of target market and capabilities (although the two platforms are completely different hardware-wise).
Similar to the slim-line Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 case, but with a built-in floppy disk drive to the right of the case, coming out over the sloping top of the case so the disk slot is towards the user.
www.machine-room.org /computers/71/general.html   (391 words)

  
 The Commodore 65   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The origins of the C65 can be traced to mid-1984 when Commodore were attempting to develop a followup to the success of the C64.
The trail does not start again until 1988/9 when Commodore decided to fill the low-end market currently filled with the increasingly expensive C64 and 1541 disk drive.
According to reports it was very similar in design to the Amiga, featuring a trap door for easy upgrade and a 3.5-inch disk drive mounted in a similar way to the Spectrum +3.
www.amigau.com /aig/c65.html   (243 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
On April 29, 1994, Commodore International announced that it had been u= nable to renegotiate terms of outstanding loans and were closing down the business.
Below is the curr= ent status of CSG as of April 6, 1995: Commodore Semiconductor Group liquidated in December, 1994.
Commodore Microcomputing-Power/Play GeoVISISON The Transactor Transactor Publications ISSN: 0827-2530 (or 0838-0163?) Apr 1978 - 1989 Sure, it's dead, and has been for a few years, but this one was a class= ic.
cmdrkey.com /cbm/genie/geniefiles/CompSysCBM/081296F.TXT   (3961 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Commodore 64 sold out about 17 to 22 million of units around the world, until 1994, when its production ceased, and Commodore Business was sold for a German company.
As Commodore 65 seemed so much with the newest Amiga computers, from a new company bought earler by Commodore Business, Commodore decided to stop its production and only sold out 200 beta versions of the Commodore 65 in a special-sale.
This computer expanded some features of Commodore 64, such as a quicker load time, and came with a real Commodore 64 engine built-in, you only needed to change the OS between the Commodore 64 and the Commodore 128.
darkwatcher.psxfanatics.com /console/faqs/commodore_64.txt   (4652 words)

  
 comm from FOLDOC
The Commodore 1570 was an upgraded 1541 for use with the Commodore 128.
It is basically a 1541 with the capability to use "burst loading" (like the Commodore 1571), and lots of new bugs.
It was the double-sided version of the Commodore 1570 disk drive but, unlike the 1570, worked quite well.
www.instantweb.com /d/dictionary/foldoc.cgi?query=comm   (5034 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Commodore LCD Computer system, much like the Commodore 65, was a product that never reached the market.
Q $173) When a Commodore C64 is hooked up to a 1541 and an MPS 801 printer, everything is powered up and connected correctly, and the floppy won't load.
It turns out that the 3+1 software included with the Commodore Plus/4 was originally designed to be but one of the many choices for bundled software with the 264.
www.canberra.edu.au /~scott/C=Hacking/C-Hacking12/trivia.txt   (2658 words)

  
 Commodore 65 from FOLDOC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The 4569 is equivalent to a combination of the 6569 VIC-II and the MMU of the Commodore 64.
The C65 also has a DMA controller (Commodore's purpose built DMAgic) which also functions as a simple blitter, and a floppy controller for the internal Commodore 1581-like disk drive.
The bells and whistles can still be accessed from the C64 mode, which is dissimilar to the C128's inescapable C64 mode.
wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk /foldoc/foldoc.cgi?Commodore+64DX   (381 words)

  
 [No title]
Commodore 64 solds out about 17 to 22 million of units around the world, until 1994, when its production stopped, and Commodore Business were sold for a German company.
This computer expanded some features of Commodore 64, such as a quicker load time, and came with a real Commodore 64 built-in, you only neede to chance the operational mode between Commodore 64 and Commodore 128.
Note: The [C=+1] means that you have to press both C= (Commodore key) and 1 keys at once, and NOT that you have to type it.
www.tdubel.com /artikkelit/commodore_64.txt   (3118 words)

  
 Centsible Software -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This chip is used for logic control in the 1571 disk drive.
This chip is the memory management chip for the C128 or 128D.
This chip along with the 6526 chip control I/O functions on the Commodore C64 computers.
www.centsible.com /cgi-bin/cart.pl?db=c642.txt&search=~PSC~   (496 words)

  
 OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
In the end of 1990, Commodore decided to create a successor for the famous C64.They worked on a prototype called C64 DX then C65.
The development of this machine was stopped (apparently because of problems with the VIC III controller and because of the cost of this computer), and because of the success of the Amiga (Notice that the C65 case looks like the Amiga one !).
Commodore produced about 50 C65's, the first ones display C64DX at boot, the latest display C65.
www.old-computers.com /museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=273   (377 words)

  
 physics - Commodore 64
Almost all Commodore peripherals at the time included their own embedded computers, which, arguably, increased performance, by leaving the main CPU free while the peripheral's computer fetched/stored/output/(pre-)processed data.
Although not always supplied with the machine, floppy disk drives of the 5¼ inch (Commodore 1541 and 1571) and, later, 3½ inch (1581) variety were available.
The Commodore 1701 was a 13" color monitor for the C64, which accepted analog composite video as input, as well as separate chrominance and luminance signals (today we call this S-Video) for a surpassingly sharp and vibrant screen image.
www.physicsdaily.com /physics/C64   (3198 words)

  
 The C64 Re-Born ... Almost ...
The creation of a near Amiga-quality computer that is 8-bit in spirit, compatible with the popular Commodore 64 (through an emulation mode), and containing a built in disk drive.
As it was, the design of the Commodore 65 started in 1989, and the project was scrapped a few years later.
Coming straight out of the Commodore shop, this "workbench" C65 is nothing but a block of wood upon which is mounted an early version of the C65 motherboard.
zimmers.net /cbmpics/c65.html   (841 words)

  
 Commodore C64DX/C65 System Specification Manual   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This the System Specification manual written by Fred Bowen for the Commodore 65, the successor of the Commodore 64.
The machine was never finished, but some pre-production prototype versions of it were sold during Commodore's liquidation in 1993.
Commodore 8-bit server maintained by Marko Mäkelä, specially The Document Page.
www.devili.iki.fi /Computers/Commodore/C65/System_Specification   (166 words)

  
 The Secret Weapons of Commodore!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The eerie travails of fate may have caused future generations of Commodores to be forever cursed by its design!
The 900 (article, Commodore Microcomputers 9-10/1985, 188K.jpg courtesy Anthony Beckett) Complete article on the 900 probably based on Commodore press releases.
"[Commodore] is likely to be one of the big success stories of the early 1990s." -- Mark Stahlman, financial analyst for Alex.
www.floodgap.com /retrobits/ckb/secret   (1436 words)

  
 CPSL8: Internet Resources
Project 64's goal is "to preserve Commodore 64 related documents in electronic text format that might otherwise cease to exist with the rapid advancement of computer technology and declining interest in 8-bit computers on the part of the general population." Project 64 contains documentation on Commodore hardware, firmware, books, games and more.
The Commodore Homestead (formerly known as the Commodore Support website), located at http://cbm.videocam.net.au/, provides links to over 1000 Commodore-related web sites.
In many areas in the US and around the world, Commodore users are able to access the Internet locally, but have found a lack of support from their Internet providers.
home1.gte.net /longrj2/cpsl/internet2.html   (668 words)

  
 Commodore Languages List
Many more languages are available for the C128's CP/M mode (see here for some information on CP/M for the C128, CP/M files at retroarchive.org and CP/M files at the Cereal Port BBS), under OS/9 on the SuperPET, and still more cross-development languages for other platforms, however, these are not included in this list.
In many cases, the Commodore 64 version of a program available for another system has "-64" appended to the name.
Built-in to the (unreleased) C65 (in 65 mode).
www.npsnet.com /danf/cbm/languages.html   (3969 words)

  
 Cocosoft Solutions Commodore 64 Request Site. links.html Page
Commodore 64 Nostalgia has lots of screen shots from C64 games and crack intros.
The real scoop on the doomed Commodore dream known as the Commodore 65.
Information about Commodore 64 emulator CD-ROMS available, as well as a few old games, six-packed ories, game tips, a catalog program for CMD HD's, and an idiot's guide to building the X1541 cable.
www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/Horizon/2102/links.html   (1581 words)

  
 Commodore 65 - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word Commodore 65:
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "Commodore 65" is defined.
Commodore 65 : Free On-line Dictionary of Computing [home, info]
www.onelook.com /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=Commodore+65   (72 words)

  
 The Commodore page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This is what the commodore 64 says when you turn it on.
The plus 4 was one of commodore's last computers before Amiga
The Commodore 65 had 65K Ram and a 3½ in.
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