Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bnl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!sbcs!bnl!slb From: slb@bnl.UUCP (San Barr hanging out @ The Beach) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: B128? Message-ID: <871@bnl.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Feb-85 21:19:29 EST Article-I.D.: bnl.871 Posted: Sat Feb 9 21:19:29 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Feb-85 06:03:52 EST References: <1556MIY@PSUVM> Lines: 27 > > I saw a few paragraphs in the latest BYTE about Commodore > releasing a computer called B128 with 2 processors, one of > which was a 2 Mhz Z80 for running Cpm. The other interesting > piece of news in that short article was the release of a > faster disk drive that would be very fast with the C64 and > even faster than that with the B128. This B128 has 128K and > is supposed to cost less than $400. > > They showed a picture of the B128 and I believe I saw the same > computer (casing, at least) in some advertisement. Is it true > that this B128 is a rerelease of an old computer they had out? > Yep, the B-128 was an old computer Commodore introduced into the business market but it didn't catch on in the US. They scrapped the project (If you've noticed great deals on the old B-128 from mail order houses). The name is now used for the 64 compat that they are about to release. Don't get the two comfused. You mentioned something about a 1200 baud modem? Keep me posted I'm HIGHLY intrested. -- Sanford L. Barr Famous designer of the Write Only Memory. -- -- ..!decvax!philabs!sbcs!bnl!slb