Original Commodore All-in-one

[persia]

So does the new C=USA plan to make a copy of the original Commodore All-in-one?

[Franko]

Gawd, aint seen one of those things in decades, reminds me of something out of the old Dr Who's or Blake's 7... :biglaugh:

[VingtTrois]

So does the new C=USA plan to make a copy of the original Commodore All-in-one?

Yep with graphic card named PETPPC (3500*2500 32Bits - 1024 sprites!) like the picture on the PET screen
Perhaps compatible Z80/6502/6510/6581/680x0 and PPC.

[tone007]

I go on the internets with mine!

http://lyonlabs.org/commodore/geoLink/eduirc.jpg

[Darrin]

The PET was the first computer I ever used.  Our headmaster managed to get hold of one and didn't have a clue and he let a couple of us use it during lunch hour (this was a couple of years before we even had Computer Studies classes - you had to go to the "big" school and do O Levels for that).  I think it was a CBM 4032...

It was enough for me to ask for a VIC-20 for Christmas.  

[VingtTrois]

I go on the internets with mine!

http://lyonlabs.org/commodore/geoLink/eduirc.jpg

Only one word (smile!): :banana:

[Darrin]

I go on the internets with mine!

http://lyonlabs.org/commodore/geoLink/eduirc.jpg

Is that a C64 in a PET case?

[TheGoose]

I go on the internets with mine!

http://lyonlabs.org/commodore/geoLink/eduirc.jpg

Nice one. Commodore, they figured out there were really only about 64 things a human needed to function in society. This machine would teach'em to you!

Does that have a SID in it?

[tone007]

Yup, the Educator 64 was a plain old C64 motherboard complete with SID and color graphics (but monochrome monitor) stuck into a PET style case.

[Darrin]

Yup, the Educator 64 was a plain old C64 motherboard complete with SID and color graphics (but monochrome monitor) stuck into a PET style case.

So it isn't a custom job?  Commodore actually made them?

[tone007]

Yes, a small number when they were trying to break into the educational market that Apple had taken over.

[Franko]

Eeh Bah gum, went I wert a lad, all we had was this little beauty of a computer, if I recall correctly the OS was something called Abacus BC 3000. Ok granted the gfx were not too great but if you arranged the pixels (well, coloured little beads) properly you could make a little face.

And if you and some friends had one you could join them all together with bit's of sting and you were on the net...

Ahhh, the good old days, you kids don't even know your born... :biglaugh:

[Darrin]

Eeh Bah gum, went I wert a lad, all we had was this little beauty of a computer, if I recall correctly the OS was something called Abacus BC 3000. Ok granted the gfx were not too great but if you arranged the pixels (well, coloured little beads) properly you could make a little face.

And if you and some friends had one you could join them all together with bit's of sting and you were on the net...

Ahhh, the good old days, you kids don't even know your born... :biglaugh:

Cool!  From the number of strings I see it used a decimal system for processing data!  Way ahead of its time.  

[Darrin]

Yes, a small number when they were trying to break into the educational market that Apple had taken over.

Interesting, I've never seen one before.  I wonder if there were options for a colour display?  I guess back then it would have added several hundred Dollars to the price.

[Iggy]

OMG, I haven't seen one of those since I was in High Scool (and I am not a young man)!
 
I used to read Creative Computing magazine when it was in the since digit issue numbers. I remember the S100 based systems and SS50 based systems that were common before the PET and the TRS-80 Model 1 were introduced.
 
Its scary to remember how psyched I was that already assembled computers were going to be available to the general public. I remember telling everyione that one day everyone would have one, but I couldn't for the life of me come up with the reason why.
 
Damn things have evolved. What could you do with the PET? Play Star Trek?