mars (12/09/82)
The following information on the Commodore 64 was supplied by the
Commodore Customer Support Facility.
The C-64 has 16 colors with a max combination of 256.
The 320x200 resolution is a real bit map. Each pixel can be
individually accessed.
The storage capacity of the disk drive (Commodore 1541) is 170K with
a 9K baud data transfer rate. Serial access.
There is an expansion port for game cartridges.
The C-64 has built in serial and parallel ports.
The C-64 has 64K of ram, 20K of rom.
A third party vendor will be suppling emulators for Apple, Atari, and TRS80
for the C-64 next year.
As far as ordering one (at the unheard of price of $463.00)....
Price: $463.00 This includes tax and shipping to Indian Hill
BTL, Naperville, IL.
Delivery: Approx. 6 weeks after receipt of order.
I'm awaiting information concerning delivery to locations other than
Indian Hill. I'll post that as soon as i find out.
If you are interested, I'll need written commitment.
Send mail to:
ihuxa!mars