Talk:Commodore CBM-II

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[edit] Image of CBM 710

I found an image of a CBM710 on Wikimedia, and after searching for more information on the net, I found this page[1] who, unless I am mistaken, states the machine as a CBM II range computer, so I've inserted it. Hope that is ok. --AndersL 21:16, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

OK, indeed; Thanks for adding the image! --Wernher 06:38, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

np --AndersL 20:10, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] European CBM series only?

The article states that "An optional Intel 8088-based coprocessor board allowed the CBM series to run CP/M-86 and MS-DOS 1.25" Does anyone know if that was only european cbm models, or was it also true for american models as well? --AndersL 20:10, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

The two external link resources (of which you supplied one) seem to indicate that the 8088 board was available on some models both in the US/CAN and Europe. However, one needs to look really closely at the docs to determine which machine configs with 8088 boards were sold commercially and which were just prototypes (or quickly cancelled models), in whichever market... Good luck to you; CBM 'historian' that I might be, I'm actually not sure I really want to know that much about all those details! I'm trying to get a life as well. :-) --Wernher 03:15, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

These boards were never sold. ALL are engineering prototypes only. The largest cache was turned over to CBUG in the United States in 1987 when the Commodore plant in Corby UK was closing down along with boxes of schematics, MS-DOS 1.25, CP/M-86 1.0 and 1.1 prototype images. How do I know? I was a member of CBUG and I have two of them still from the original hand off to members then.  ;-) http://www.insectria.net/b128.html 69.165.232.107 13:57, 18 March 2007 (UTC)