Hey ppl,
Just updated the pics for the NTSC Plastic 128D from Fred Bowen's office. View the goodness at:
http://gallery.gwizcomputers.com/comm/index.html
6th link down the page.
best,
al
Al! Nice to see you here. You've forgotten more about modding the 128 than I'll ever know. :)
Thx Golan. It's nice to be seen :)
al
Quote from: al_angerHey ppl,
Just updated the pics for the NTSC Plastic 128D from Fred Bowen's office. View the goodness at:
http://gallery.gwizcomputers.com/comm/index.html
6th link down the page.
best,
al
Ooooo... where are these housed ? I feel the need to um, "investigate" these personally, especially the dual 128 ;)
Cheers,
Lance
Wow, the prototype 128D with 3.5" drive looks great!
Quote from: adminOoooo... where are these housed ? I feel the need to um, "investigate" these personally, especially the dual 128 ;)
Cheers,
Lance
Savannah Georgia USA
I've got a room for ya, Start packing. :)
best,
al
Wow! I had no idea there was ever such a prototype built. Is it just me or does the floppy drive bezel look a lot like that of the Amiga 1000?
This is the way the machine SHOULD have come as a finished product. But I imagine it was out of the question due to the large installed base of 5.25" software. Still, I bet if they had made a version like that it would have sold anyway, maybe it would have helped to push the 3.5" format on the 8-bit commodore world more.
It really is a shame that copy protection and other factors made 1581's of such limited value on the C64/128. I wonder if something like this prototype would've helped at all? I guess probably not, since Commodore wasnt very aggressive in marketing any of their computers after the original C64, which made software companies mostly ignore the 128 variants.
What I find most interesting is the Commodore= badge on the front. That looks smart.