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Post by gsteemso on Apr 11, 2016 6:20:00 GMT
Heh, yeah, getting repeatedly complained at is a strong incentive towards brevity! Um, at least your meaning comes through clearly? (*wince*)
Is the thing with the consolidated drive controller really the only actual design change? I had always picked up a vague impression there was more to it than that, though of course details are rarely alluded to.
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Post by ken on Apr 11, 2016 14:46:52 GMT
well we have many differences lets take the v6 128 vs the v7 128
chips were added to the v7 board to fix issues that the v6 board had
then we have the last of the batch 128 bards with reduced chip count , but to be fair about it, not many of the reduced chip count 128`s are around and just about all of them are in the hands of collectors, I do not have 1 I cant afford what they are going for
just a quick off the top of my head differences
a few major differences between the 128/128D and the 128DCR are
the 128/128D has 2 IC`s for the 64 and 128 kernals, the 128DCR has 1 for both 64/128
the 128/128D has the cassette port on the back , the 128DCR has it on the side next to the joysticks
the 128 power supply is 5v/9v the 128 DCR power supply has 5v/9v/12v
most all the 128`s still have their keyboard , most of the 128D 128DCR units have missing keyboards
we can find many more differences but I have not had coffee yet ...lol
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Post by robertb on Apr 12, 2016 4:50:23 GMT
...most of the 128D 128DCR units have missing keyboards That is a generalization. In the 30 years that I've seen C128DCR's, all of them have had their keyboards, except for one that I picked up from a former user two years ago. All the C128DCR's that we have in storage have their keyboards. The C128DCR's that we raffle at the Commodore Vegas Expo have their keyboards. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group www.dickestel.com/fcug.htmJuly 30-31 Commodore Vegas Expo v12 - www.portcommodore.com/commvex |
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Post by robertb on Apr 12, 2016 5:07:46 GMT
My C128DCR has giving some problems. First the screen would not show in the 80C, then intermittently the C1571 would not read the diskettes, now at turn on the screen will show the green banner but not the "ready" prompt and I have to reset the drive for the "ready". If you bring your C128DCR to the May SCCAN meeting, I can give it to Ray Carlsen for repair when I see him in late June/early July. Then I can pick up the repaired machine at Thanksgiving when I see him again. Or if you prefer, you can give me the machine at CommVEx, and then I can give it to Ray during Thanksgiving. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group www.dickestel.com/fcug.htmSouthern California Commodore & Amiga Network www.sccaners.orgJuly 30-31 Commodore Vegas Expo v12 - www.portcommodore.com/commvex |
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Post by ken on Apr 12, 2016 14:31:57 GMT
...most of the 128D 128DCR units have missing keyboards That is a generalization. In the 30 years that I've seen C128DCR's, all of them have had their keyboards, except for one that I picked up from a former user two years ago. All the C128DCR's that we have in storage have their keyboards. The C128DCR's that we raffle at the Commodore Vegas Expo have their keyboards. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group www.dickestel.com/fcug.htmJuly 30-31 Commodore Vegas Expo v12 - www.portcommodore.com/commvexyes you are correct , That is a generalization. and another generalization is most sx-64`s have missing keyboards and or keyboard cables that is why I didnt say all 6 of my 7 128dcr`s had keyboards , for the missing one I used a keyboard from a regular 128 and made a adapter cable and have sold over 20 to other people in need of keyboards for their 128dcr but read the posts almost weekly for people asking for a keyboard and you can see a lot of them are missing it was meant to be a joke that people with missing keyboards would get |
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Post by nonefornow on Apr 12, 2016 15:13:55 GMT
My C128DCR has giving some problems. First the screen would not show in the 80C, then intermittently the C1571 would not read the diskettes, now at turn on the screen will show the green banner but not the "ready" prompt and I have to reset the drive for the "ready". If you bring your C128DCR to the May SCCAN meeting, I can give it to Ray Carlsen for repair when I see him in late June/early July. Then I can pick up the repaired machine at Thanksgiving when I see him again. Or if you prefer, you can give me the machine at CommVEx, and then I can give it to Ray during Thanksgiving. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group www.dickestel.com/fcug.htmSouthern California Commodore & Amiga Network www.sccaners.orgJuly 30-31 Commodore Vegas Expo v12 - www.portcommodore.com/commvexHi Robert,
Sorry I did not post updates on this. The issue somehow resolved itself. I asked around at one of the meeting some time ago (maybe was in November 2014) . What I did was to pull out the drive, did not really see anything wrong with it, and put it back in. I had some difficulties remembering the order of the pins. c-128.freeforums.net/thread/114/help-pin-128d-disk-drive
But after that has been working OK. To the 128DCR I further added speakers, the RTC, a keyboard cover, and a 1581 external drive, and the GEOS chip  . Then for a while I started spending more time tinkering with the A1000.
For the 128DCR I am now looking for a good monitor. The plastic frame of my 1084S is broken and it looks as if the screen may just fall out. After last year CommVEx I am afraid of moving it for that reason.
In any case thank you for the offer. |
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Post by robertb on Apr 13, 2016 7:11:03 GMT
ken wrote: > but read the posts almost weekly for people asking for a keyboard and you can see a lot of them are missing Where are these weekly posts from people asking for a keyboard? Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group www.dickestel.com/fcug.htmJuly 30-31 Commodore Vegas Expo v12 - www.portcommodore.com/commvex |
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Post by ken on Apr 13, 2016 13:04:37 GMT
google is your friend!
check amibay and lemon and all the other c= sites
even on this site someone is asking for 1
and if you like I can send you all the emails I get through ebay asking me for them
but I can see where you are going with this
so I will say you are correct keyboards are almost never missing and I am full of it
thank you for clearing that up
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Post by nonefornow on Dec 16, 2016 0:51:57 GMT
Here is the list of differences that Mirkosoft has listed in his site.
Differences between C128D and C128DCR:
- D was never sold in USA
- CR has metal case
- CR has not cooling fan, although there is a place to mount one
- CR has new VDC chip 8568 instead 8563
- CR has 64kB VideoRAM for VDC instead 16kB
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. Then for a while I started spending more time tinkering with the A1000.