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From: ppugliese@pimacc.pima.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: sx-64 source
Message-ID: <1991May10.005920.6052@pimacc.pima.edu>
Date: 10 May 91 07:59:20 GMT
References: <91129.224134XWUU@PURCCVM.BITNET>
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In article <91129.224134XWUU@PURCCVM.BITNET>, XWUU@PURCCVM.BITNET writes:
> I am tickled to know that I could generate some interest in the old sx-64
> by mentioning it!
> 
> For those of you that wrote me asking for Grapvine's Address and phone:
> 
> The Grapevine Group Inc.
> 3 Chestnut Street
> Suffern, New York  10901           1-800-292-7445
> 
> 
> This company is also a good source for reasonably priced Commodore IC's, etc.
> They also carry stuff for disk drive repair, 128's and amiga.
> 
> 
> I checked with my friend regarding his sx-64; he has experienced no problems
> with compatibility, although he does not use or need an interface to drive
> his printer.  I understand that the sx-64 does NOT have a tape port - this
> would prevent the use of several popular interfaces such as the Super Grafix
> JUNIOR, the G-Wiz, and several others.   Since it has no tape port, would that
> imply that there would be modifications of the ROM to accomodate?   Would
> programs that make calls to the tape register have problems?  I understand that
>  many programmers use calls to registers for the tape, since most folks don't
> use tapes these days.
> 
> Color on the sx-64 is white background with cyan/green print. the tiny type
> is still hard to read.
> 
> 
> Kirk
> xwuu@purccvm
Yes there were changes to the ROMS to accomodate the lack of a tape port. The
DOS ROM was also different. However , according to book I read about 5 years
ago, Commodore minimized the changes for compatibility & even left alot of code
intact even if it wasn't needed. Several people in the LUG I belong to have
mentioned in times past that the SX wasn't fully compatible but I never asked
for details since I didn't have one. PHIL