Description:
The Commodore 1571 was Commodore’s high-end 5¼“ floppy disk drive. With its double-sided drive mechanism, it had the ability to utilize double-sided, double-density (DS/DD) floppy disks natively. This was in contrast to its predecessors, the 1541 and 1570, which could read or write such disks only if the user manually flipped them over to access the second side. (from Wikipedia)
wiki: 1571-Wiki
Description:
- Country: US
- Most Common: Germany
- Rarity: Rare
- Year: 1987
Externally, the C64 Aldi had same case colour as a standard C64 but the keyboard was light grey, like the future C64G and C64C.
Internally, the motherboard was redesigned to minimize production costs, most of the TTL chips were removed, replaced with a new MMU chipset. First releases of this board had some compatibility problems with C=64 peripherals – they lacked the 9V user port voltage, but this limitation was repaired in the next revisions.
Although made in USA, the Aldi was sold only in Germany as a game machine through only one distribution channel, a supermarket chain called… Aldi, hence his name, given by the German 64′er magazine.
In 1989, the C=64 Aldi would be replaced by the grey C=64G which would use the same motherboard.
wiki: C64-wiki – OLD-Computers.com
Old prices of Commodore stuff:
- 1982: Commodore Vic 20 + Tape + Games L.330.000+VAT
- 1983: Commodore Vic 20 L.199.000+VAT (discounted)
- 1983: Commodore 64 L.599.000+VAT (discounted)
- 1983: Commodore 64 + Tape + 2 Games L.699.000+VAT (discounted)
- 1983: Commodore 64 L.825.000+VAT
- 1983: Commodore Datassette L.120.000+VAT
- 1983: Commodore Floppy Drive 1541 L.680.000+VAT
- 1983: Commodore Printer MPS-801 L.550.000+VAT
Price are express in Lira (currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002)
Item Information:
- Manufacturer: Commodore (england)
- Country of Production: Japan
- Year of Production: 1976
link: vintagecalculators.com
A paddle is a simple control device for use in games: It has a single potentiometer type knob (similar to the volume knob found on e.g. a stereo) which the player uses to move or control something in the game along a seemingly continuous range.
The paddle is an alternative to the more common (then as well as now) joystick, and was often used in conjunction with early “TV game” systems, or “pongs” as they are commonly called today. The C-64 an especially the VIC-20 were competing against such systems, and thus included compatibility with their control devices so “pong”-style games could be easily implemented on Commodore’s offerings.
source: c64-wiki.com
FastLoader is a clone of Epyx FastLoad.
Stay on Photo for a short description.
This is my Dtv (c64) Modded. Missing only one thing, the sd2iec (floppy drive 1541 emulator).
Features:
- PS/2 keyboard connector.
- External IEC connector.
- 2 joystick ports with switchable reset line for dtvtrans.
- 5V power regulator.
- Switch for external/internal battery power.
- Switch Power On/Off.
- Shadowolf’s Keyboard Twister.
- Floppy Drive Reset.
- Commodore 64 Reset.
- Spiff Color Fix.
- FlashRom Fix (write enabled)
Video:
No, your eyes are deceiving you.
Commodore (as in Commdore Vic 20,C-64, Amiga) is bringing a Netbook to market. The UMMD 8010/F Netbook was shown off at IDF in Berlin.
The specs sound familar to those following the scene
- 10 inch screen
- Webcamera
- 1.6Ghz C7–M CPU
- 80GB HD
- 1GB of RAM
- WiFi
- Bluetooth optional
The price is a bit on the high side for NetBooks at around $600. Maybe they are counting on a wave of nostalgia buying.
Thanks to Leo Sexad for the news.
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