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The Commodore 128 was launched at the Las-Vegas Consumer Electronic
Show 1985. It was presented then as a competitor for the Apple Macintosh
and IBM PC (The famous advertisement said "Bad news for Apple and
IBM"). In fact, the only star of this show was the Atari 130 ST
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It was the successor of the Commodore 64 and could use all the software
and a lot of the hardware of the C64 (the 8502 could be slowed down
1 MHz for compatibility).
Thanks to the Z80 CPU, the Commodore 128 could run under CP/M +
: lots of software were adapted for this computer and Osborne or
Kaypro programs could run directly.
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| Data Sheet |
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Operating System |
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C128
mode, C64 mode or CP/M |
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Processor |
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1/2
mHz (for the 8510), 1.022 MHz (for C64 mode) 8502 +
Zilog Z80 |
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Sound |
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3 voices
/ 6 octaves |
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RAM |
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128
KB |
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Resolution |
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160x200
/ 320 x 200 / 640 x 200 |
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Color |
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16 |
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IO Ports |
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RGB,
Video Composite, Joystick (2), Cardridge, Tape, User
Port (RS232 compatible), TV, serial |
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Media |
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1571
disk-drive |
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Release Date |
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1985 |
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VICE is a program that runs on a
Unix, MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2, Acorn RISC OS or BeOS machine
and executes programs intended for the old 8-bit computers.
The current version emulates the C64, the C128, the
VIC20, all the PET models (except the SuperPET 9000,
which is out of line anyway), the PLUS4 and the CBM-II
(aka C610).
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