SX 64 like 64 screen?

[TjLaZer]

I saw this auction and wondered why the screen looks just like the c64.  My SX64 has a white border and says SX 64.  Does this have a hacked rom or something?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=74945&item=5150834254&rd=1

[adolescent]

Yes.  The SX64 has a different Kernel ROM than the normal C64.  The colors are supposed to be more readable on the 4" screen.  It also doesn't have tape routines so things like SHIFT/RUN will do a disk load instead of tape.

Someone probably swapped out a bad ROM with one they had lying around.

[beller]

I bought an SX with the blue screen new in 1984.  I think CBM made both depending on the parts they had.  I hadn't seen the other SX screen until there was an EBAY post for one recently.  I managed to snag a blue screen SX which should be arriving here soon....the 8bit still lives.  Amazing!

Bob