Hi
May interest someone with a Commodore production history that knows what went on during production at Commodore in the very early 90's. Today I received a Commodore PC which looks a lot like an A4000. I just wondered if there was any link.. Read on..
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The Commodore 386SX-20: Looking strangely like an A4000d OK this is freaky. This is an actual 386 PC based Commodore in what was termed slimline design. Thing is the chassis and the front panel look remarkably like the A4000, complete with 3 slot lower section and sloping top bezel. The colour of the unit has the look and feel of the 4000d. I know that the 4000 was made from old cases, and I can`t help thinking that what I have here is the basis of that computer. As I say, kinda creepy.
Just taken the case apart ... Quite clean. The old barrel battery will need removing. The memory is rather like the modules found on the GVP cards. They are in pairs left and right to the side of the case. The hard drive is a Quantum ProDrive. A small daughter board rises to the centre and there is quite a hefty sized graphics card attached.
I have switched her on and whoo hoo she works. She has lost the boot configuration cus the battery died yonks ago.
Commodore 80386SX BIOS Rev 1.03
Copyright 1985-1990 Commodore Electronics Ltd
Copyright 1985-1990 Pheonix Technologies Ltd
640K Base Memory 04096K Extended
Works fine... I just plugged in my MSDOS 6.22 setup disk and I have the blue screen asking me to back up before continuing with set up... So no problems. Looking good.
Another classic machine to add. Something of a curiosity.
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scuzz
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