SAC.HQSAC-DOCT@E.ISI.EDU (John A. Wright) (10/11/87)
Is anyone familiar with the Commodore CBM-700 (B-128/246) that was marketed in Europe a few years ago. I have purchased one of these systems and really like it. The manuals specifify that a 8088 coprocessor can be installed to run CP/M-86 and MS-DOS software (I think the term is concurrent co-processor). Does anyone know how this would be done? The books lead me to believe that is is a fairly simple procedure. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks in advance John,
fred@cbmvax.UUCP (Fred Bowen) (10/13/87)
In article <[E.ISI.EDU]11-Oct-87.08:15:29.SAC.HQSAC-DOCT>, SAC.HQSAC-DOCT@E.ISI.EDU (John A. Wright) writes: > Is anyone familiar with the Commodore CBM-700 (B-128/246) that > was marketed in Europe a few years ago. I have purchased one of > these systems and really like it. The manuals specifify that a > 8088 coprocessor can be installed to run CP/M-86 and MS-DOS > software (I think the term is concurrent co-processor). Does > anyone know how this would be done? The books lead me to believe > that is is a fairly simple procedure. > John The B-series computers have an internal co-processor port as well as an expansion port. An 8088 board could be installed internally, rather simply as you suggest. You should peek inside- some B256-80 machines came with the co-processor board standard. The hard part is finding one of these boards and/or the software. The is a very persevering user group, CBUG, which is into the B-series computers in a big way. They have even interfaced them to the 1571 disk drives which provide them with easy access to CP/M software. I highly recommend them. For information, write: CBUG (Chicago B128 User's Group) 4102 N. Odell Norridge, IL 60634 -- -- Fred Bowen uucp: {ihnp4|rutgers|caip}!cbmvax!fred arpa: beats me tele: 215 431-9100 Commodore Electronics, Ltd., 1200 Wilson Drive, West Chester, PA, 19380