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Title: Commodore 65
Post by: Xenobiotical on May 25, 2011, 09:16:01 PM

Hi Guys,
 
i'm always searching the followings:
 
- CSG 4510 R3 or R4
- C65 case
 
Anyone may help me?
 
Many thanks
 
Carlo

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Xenobiotical on June 01, 2011, 09:17:03 PM

No news? :(

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Franko on June 01, 2011, 09:35:40 PM

You know what they say... :)

No News Is Good News... :)

PS:I don't think it's News you're looking for, it's really more like a Miracle methinks your hoping for... ;)

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Xenobiotical on June 23, 2011, 05:45:26 PM

You're right ;) I hope, however.
 
Have a look, if you want, at my website www.retrocommodore.com (http://www.retrocommodore.com) : i think it is growing well...
 
Soon even photos of Retrocommodore meeting that took place in Rome on 19th June.
 
Take care, Carlo

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: rdolores on June 23, 2011, 06:14:51 PM

Quote from: Xenobiotical;640239

Hi Guys,
 
i'm always searching the followings:
 
- CSG 4510 R3 or R4
- C65 case
 
Anyone may help me?
 
Many thanks
 
Carlo

What timing!  Someone just posted a C65 for sale on this board and at AW.net:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=58282

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: utri007 on June 23, 2011, 09:14:33 PM

It has faulty keyboard.

You luck is just increasing

http://koti.mbnet.fi/malintom/c64/c65_keyboard.jpg

Somebody is selling C65 keyboard in Finnish amiga user board

http://saku.bbs.fi/discus/messages/21/8992.html?1308777777#POST20163

Asking 300€ for it :D

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: LaserBack on June 23, 2011, 09:51:03 PM

the c65 is a nice looking machine
I wonder how compatible is with c64 games and how fast they load from floppy

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Xenobiotical on July 03, 2011, 09:04:50 PM

Dear Guys,
 
CSG 4510 chip was even in (rarest) CDTV2. Anyone knows if was even in other Amigas?
 
Thanks, Carlo

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Xenobiotical on July 06, 2011, 07:49:56 PM

Dear Guys,
 
have a look (if you want) to my website www.retrocommodore.com (http://www.retrocommodore.com) (i think, hope, it is growing well). However is still going on my search about a C65 board or CSG 4510 R3 or R4 chip. Good evaluation.
 
Many thanks, Carlo

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Xenobiotical on January 23, 2012, 07:44:46 PM

Dear Friends,
 
finally.. it works :) With an adaptor Victor R5 ---> Victor R3. Only pinout is different. CSG4567P is Bill's release :)
 
Take care, Carlo - www.retrocommodore.com (http://www.retrocommodore.com)

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Amigoat on January 23, 2012, 08:16:44 PM

Congratulations - it took a long time to find these rare parts but you persevered!

Ernie

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Xenobiotical on January 23, 2012, 08:24:02 PM

Thank you Ernie!!

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Tension on January 23, 2012, 08:32:21 PM

Nice one mate!!!

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: spirantho on January 23, 2012, 09:36:08 PM

Can't believe you tracked down all the parts!

Really happy for you, well done!

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Xenobiotical on January 24, 2012, 06:27:16 AM

Thank you :) Take care, Carlo

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: rvo_nl on January 24, 2012, 02:26:27 PM

I am quite jealous, to be honest.. :) But I have lots of respect for your patience and persistence. Well done!

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Pentad on January 24, 2012, 02:51:12 PM

I too always that the C65 was a neat computer.  However, I never understood where Commodore was going with it.  It was not 100% compatible with the C64, it sort of competed with the lower-end Amiga's (A600 for example), and it was a dead end platform with no ability to really expand it.

The Amiga could have more memory and faster CPUs so it made sense as an investment.  I'm not sure how you justify that with the C65.

I guess I always felt the C65 was an example of Commodore's internal turmoil of no direction.  Where do we go from here?  Beating the 8 bit line to death isn't going to gather you the profits that the C64 had in it's prime.

Interesting computer but not sure where it fit into the industry at the time...

-P

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: fishy_fiz on January 24, 2012, 03:00:25 PM

@Pentad

I have to agree with you. Even though the c65 was more powerful in some ways than even AGA amigas (mostly in terms of graphics hardware) it sort of feels like its in no mans land and I suspect was just an attempt to cash in on the immense popularity of the C64. Some c64 users werent interested in the amiga, regardless of how powerful it may have been at the time, but offer them a visibly more powerful c64 and they might jump onboard.

Even with its reasonably powerful video hardware though it felt like it had nowhere to go.

Perhaps they should have used its hardware as a console with the ability to add a keyboard/disk drive/floppy drive/etc. At least then it doesnt seem so misguided.

Having said this though Id still love to get ahold of one myself :)

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: spirantho on January 25, 2012, 10:18:32 AM

@Xenobiotical

Do you have a keyboard for your C65? There's one on eBay at the moment: number 280812481598. Of course it's a "Das C65 Keyboard" as it doesn't have any legends, but better than nothing...

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: ognix on January 25, 2012, 10:24:35 PM

Don't know if you have or already know, but check out this:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Acommodore-manuals&sort=-publicdate&page=2

almost at the end of page (great source of Commodore manuals).

Ciao!  :)
BY!

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Xenobiotical on January 26, 2012, 07:53:32 AM

Thanks to all for support!! :) I have also a C65 keyboard to control the board and i saw the preliminary manual for C65 (the archive that i didn't know is very useful i think). C65 in my opinion should have been a game console with possibility to turn in a computer with add-on. Great graphic system, powerful, fast and easy to program should have been useful for gaming. And i agree with Fishy_fiz when he says that many users were faithful to C64 and didn't want change with Amiga..
 
Take care, have a nice day
 
Ciao :)
 
Carlo

Title: Re: Commodore 65
Post by: Xenobiotical on February 02, 2012, 04:10:05 PM

Dear Friends,
 
now i'm searching a C65 case and a C65 floppy drive.... Other spare parts obviously are welcome :) Please contact me..
 
Thanks, Carlo