CBM-TQ001.TXT
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AM MY| 00000F50: 20 45 4D 50 4C 4F 59 45 52 22 20 2D 20 CA 49 4D | EMPLOYER" - .IM| 00000F60: 20 C2 52 41 49 4E 0D 0D | .RAIN.. |
HERE ARE THE ANSWERS TO THE 10 QUESTIONS
IN COMMDORE TRIVA # 1 FOR DECEMBER 93..
.Q $000) COMMODORE STARTED OUT INTO COMP
UTING WITH THE PET SERIES OF. COM
PUTERS. I AM NOT SURE IF THE FIRST ONES
HAD PET EMBLEM, BUT. NONETHELESS
, WHAT DOES P E T STAND FOR?..A $000) PE
RSONAL ELECTRONIC TRANSLATOR. THI
S I GOT FROM THE MCGRAW-HILL REFERENCE G
UIDE, BUT IT COULD. BE WRONG...
MARK SPACEK SAID (CHUCK) PEDDLE'S
ELECTRONIC TRANSACTOR. GEORGE PAG
E, L. MCCLURE, CRAIG TAYLOR, DAVID BEGLE
Y,. OLAF SEIBERT, AND DARVELL HUN
T ALL SAID . PERSONAL ELECTRONIC
TRANSACTOR. MCCLURE SAID THAT IS
WHERE THE TRANSACTOR GOT ITS NAME..
I DUNNO. DIG UP THE REFERENCES TO BA
CK IT UP AND MAIL THEM TO ME..
.Q $001) COMMODORE PLANNED TO MANU
FACTURE A SUCCESSOR SERIES TO THE .
SUCCESSFUL COMMODORE 64 HOME COMPUTER
. BOTH WERE INTENDED TO. BE BUSI
NESS MACHINES. WE ALL KNOW THIS RESULTE
D IN THE COMMODORE. PLUS 4, BUT W
HAT WERE THE MACHINES ORIGINALLY CALLED
AND WHAT WAS. THE DIFFERENCE BETW
EEN THE TWO?..A $001) THE 364, WHICH HAD
, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A LARGER PLUS 4 ST
YLE CASE. THAT HOUSED THE REGULAR
KEYBOARD PLUS A NUMERIC KEYPAD. THE 264
. TURNED INTO THE PLUS 4, WITH 64
K OF RAM. WE WILL NEVER KNOW MUCH.
MORE ABOUT THE 364, SINCE IT GOT SCRA
PPED.. . MIKE GORDILLO, L
. MCCLURE, . .Q $002) HOW MUCH FREE MEM
ORY DOES A VIC-20 HAVE (UNEXPANDED)?.
.A $002) OOOH! THERE ARE MANY ANSWERS
FOR THIS.. THE VIC HAS 3583 BYTES
OF RAM FOR BASIC. THE VIC HAS 40
96 BYTES OF RAM FOR ML. THE VIC H
AS 5120 BYTES OF RAM. 4K OF RAM + 1K FOR
VIDEO.. . MARK SP
ACEK, L. MCCLURE, CRAIG TAYLOR, JASON CO
MPTON, . JIADAR@DELPHI.COM, DARVE
LL HUNT, OLAF SEIBERT.
.Q $
003) WHAT EARLY 80'S COMMODORE SOFTWARE
COMPANY HAD A LIGHT BULB. AS A CO
MPANY LOGO?..A $003) SKYLES ELECTRIC WOR
KS.. . GEORGE PAGE.
. THE VIC-20 CAME OUT WI
TH A FEW PERIPHERALS I WANT THE MODEL .
NUMBERS FOR THE :..Q $004) DISK D
RIVE. .A $004) VIC-1540 - SAME AS 15
41, ONLY FASTER SERIAL SPPED.. .
MARK SPACEK, MIKE GORDILLO, GEORG
E PAGE, L. MCCLURE, CRAIG TAYLOR,.
JASON COMPTON, OLAF SEIBERT, .
.Q $005) CAS
SETTE PLAYER. .A $005) VIC-1530.
. MIKE GORDILLO, GEORGE PAGE, L.
MCCLURE, . .Q $006) PRINTER.
.A $006) VIC 1515, WHICH, BY A MISCOMMU
NICATION, COULD ONLY USE 7.5" PAPER..
EVIDENTLY, SOMEONE THOUGHT 8.5" MEA
NT FULL WIDTH OF PAPER W/ PERFS!.
THIS PRINTER WAS QUICKLY SUPPLANTED AND
OVERTAKEN BY THE 1525, WHICH. SH
OULD OWN THIS TITLE IN THE FIRST PLACE!.
.Q $007) 16 K RAM EXPANSION.. .A $00
7) VIC-1111. .Q $008) COMMODORE INTR
ODUCED 3 PRINTERS THAT USED THE SAME PRI
NTER MECHANISM.. WHAT ARE THE MOD
EL NUMBERS...A $008) MPS 802 (SQUARE DOT
S, SERIAL), CBM 1526 (ROUND DOTS, SERIAL
), . PET 4023 (ROUND DOTS, IEEE-4
88)...Q $009) WHAT IS THE DIFERENCES BET
WEEN THE PRINTERS IN #9. .A $009) MP
S 802 (SQUARE DOTS, SERIAL), CBM 1526 (R
OUND DOTS, SERIAL), . PET 4023 (R
OUND DOTS, IEEE-488).. ..NEW QUESTI
ONS TO FOLLOW!..NOTE: I HAVE CHANGED TO
HEX, SINCE IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR OTHERS
IN CBM .TO UNDERSTAND. IN THE TRADITIO
N OF RUN MAGIC!..ALSO, I DID NOT COUNT Q
UESTION $001, SINCE IT LOOKS AS THOUGH I
AM GOING TO.HAVE TO DIG SOME MORE TO SA
TISFY MY CURIOSITY. IT REALLY DOESN'T M
ATTER.FOR SCORING, SINCE NO PRIZE WAS AW
ARDED. (UNLESS MR. MCCLURE GETS A SWELLE
D.HEAD SINCE HE WON, WHICH I SERIOUSLY D
OUBT) :-)..-- .JIM BRAIN, IMBEDDED SYSTE
MS DESIGNER, BRAIN INNOVATIONS..BRAIN@MS
EN.COM .DABBLING IN VR, OLD COMMODORE C
OMPUTERS, AND GOOD TIMES!."THE ABOVE VIE
WS DO REFLECT MY EMPLOYER, SINCE I AM MY
EMPLOYER" - JIM BRAIN..
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