8-Bit Show And Tell | Exploring 1982's Commodore B128-80 aka CBM 610 @8_Bit | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 31 minutes ago.
Right as Commodore was launching the Commodore 64 in 1982, they released another machine with 128K of RAM, 80 column display, 2 MHz CPU, a SID chip, an extended keyboard with numeric keypad. It wasn't the Commodore 128 falling through a time-warp from 3 years in the future, it was the B128-80, a very interesting machine which was quickly abandoned by Commodore.
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2nd channel: youtube.com/channel/UCAgWzEh5c8391eJnELDy9OA
Links:
Steve Gray's CBM-II pages: 6502.org/users/sjgray/computer/cbm2
CBUG Escape Issue 1: archive.6502.org/publications/cbug_escape/cbug_escape_issue_01_fall_1985.pdf
Space Chase: spacechase.de
Commodore 700 reference: archive.org/details/commodore-700-reference-manual
David Viner's tech info: davidviner.com/cbm3.html
CBUG / B128 History: insectria.org/b128/dusk.html
Bo Zimmerman's B128 page: zimmers.net/cbmpics/cbs.html
End credits music by bedfordlevelexperiment.bandcamp.com
Index:
0:00 About the B128-80
2:09 A look at the keyboard
3:43 Looking at the case and ports
5:27 A bit of history: CBUG to the rescue
6:41 Some BASIC 4.0+ exploration: RAM use and IF/ELSE
10:21 INSTR(), Error TRAPing
13:33 Using the ML Monitor: SYS 4
16:04 Playing Space Chase (released 2016): SID Music
18:30 Inside the case
20:15 Check the links, and thanks!
Right as Commodore was launching the Commodore 64 in 1982, they released another machine with 128K of RAM, 80 column display, 2 MHz CPU, a SID chip, an extended keyboard with numeric keypad. It wasn't the Commodore 128 falling through a time-warp from 3 years in the future, it was the B128-80, a very interesting machine which was quickly abandoned by Commodore.
To support 8-Bit Show And Tell:
Become a patron: patreon.com/8BitShowAndTell
One-time donation: paypal.me/8BitShowAndTell
2nd channel: youtube.com/channel/UCAgWzEh5c8391eJnELDy9OA
Links:
Steve Gray's CBM-II pages: 6502.org/users/sjgray/computer/cbm2
CBUG Escape Issue 1: archive.6502.org/publications/cbug_escape/cbug_escape_issue_01_fall_1985.pdf
Space Chase: spacechase.de
Commodore 700 reference: archive.org/details/commodore-700-reference-manual
David Viner's tech info: davidviner.com/cbm3.html
CBUG / B128 History: insectria.org/b128/dusk.html
Bo Zimmerman's B128 page: zimmers.net/cbmpics/cbs.html
End credits music by bedfordlevelexperiment.bandcamp.com
Index:
0:00 About the B128-80
2:09 A look at the keyboard
3:43 Looking at the case and ports
5:27 A bit of history: CBUG to the rescue
6:41 Some BASIC 4.0+ exploration: RAM use and IF/ELSE
10:21 INSTR(), Error TRAPing
13:33 Using the ML Monitor: SYS 4
16:04 Playing Space Chase (released 2016): SID Music
18:30 Inside the case
20:15 Check the links, and thanks!
