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Commodore Trivia 01
Here are the answers to the 10 questions in Commodore Trivia # 1 for
December 1993.
Q $000) Commodore started out into computing with the PET series of
computers. I am not sure if the first ones had PET emblem, but
nonetheless, What does P E T stand for?
A $000) Personal Electronic Translator
This I got from the McGraw-Hill Reference Guide, but it could
be wrong.
Mark Spacek said (Chuck) Peddle's Electronic Transactor
George Page, L. McClure, Craig Taylor, David Begley,
Olaf Seibert, and Darvell Hunt all said
Personal Electronic Transactor
McClure said that is where The Transactor got its name.
I dunno. Dig up the references to back it up and mail them to me.
Q $001) Commodore planned to manufacture a successor series to the
successful Commodore 64 home computer. Both were intended to
be Business machines. We all know this resulted in the Commodore
Plus 4, but what were the machines originally called and what was
the difference between the two?
A $001) the 364, which had, among other things, a larger Plus 4 style case
that housed the regular keyboard plus a numeric keypad. the 264
turned into the Plus 4, with 64K of RAm. We will never know much
more about the 364, since it got scrapped.
Mike Gordillo, L. McClure,
Q $002) How much free memory does a Vic-20 have (unexpanded)?
A $002) Oooh! There are many answers for this.
The VIC has 3583 bytes of RAM for BASIC
The VIC has 4096 bytes of RAM for ML
The VIC has 5120 bytes of RAM. 4K of RAM + 1K for Video.
Mark Spacek, L. McClure, Craig Taylor, Jason Compton,
JIADAR@delphi.com, Darvell Hunt, Olaf Seibert
Q $003) What early 80's Commodore software company had a Light Bulb
as a company logo?
A $003) Skyles Electric Works.
George Page
The Vic-20 came out with a few peripherals I want the model
numbers for the :
Q $004) Disk Drive
A $004) VIC-1540 - Same as 1541, only faster serial spped.
Mark Spacek, Mike Gordillo, George Page, L. McClure, Craig Taylor,
Jason Compton, Olaf Seibert,
Q $005) Cassette Player
A $005) VIC-1530
Mike Gordillo, George Page, L. McClure,
Q $006) Printer
A $006) VIC 1515, which, by a miscommunication, could only use 7.5" paper.
Evidently, someone thought 8.5" meant full width of paper w/ perfs!
This printer was quickly supplanted and overtaken by the 1525, which
should own this title in the first place!
Q $007) 16 K Ram Expansion.
A $007) VIC-1111
Q $008) Commodore Introduced 3 printers that used the same printer mechanism.
What are the model numbers.
A $008) MPS 802 (Square Dots, Serial), CBM 1526 (Round Dots, Serial),
PET 4023 (Round Dots, IEEE-488).
Q $009) What is the diferences between the printers in #9
A $009) MPS 802 (Square Dots, Serial), CBM 1526 (Round Dots, Serial),
PET 4023 (Round Dots, IEEE-488).
New questions to follow!
Note: I have changed to Hex, since it might be easier for others in CBM
to understand. In the tradition of RUN Magic!
Also, I did not count question $001, since it looks as though I am going to
have to dig some more to satisfy my curiosity. IT really doesn't matter
for scoring, since no prize was awarded. (Unless Mr. McClure gets a swelled
head since he won, which I seriously doubt) :-)
The Tally for round #1:
L. McClure: 4 Winner of nothing (Sorry) :-)
George Page: 3 Could have won, but he and I started chatting...
Mike Gordillo: 3
Craig Taylor: 2
Jason Compton: 2
Mark Spacek: 2
Olaf Seibert 2
Darvell Hunt: 1
JIADAR: 1 What is your name? Cannot finger you!
The next edition to follow:
Email me with correction to the answers, suggestions for prizes,
Comments on the layout, all of the above.
Jim Brain
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Jim Brain, Imbedded Systems Designer, Brain Innovations.
brain@msen.com
Dabbling in VR, Old Commodore Computers, and Good Times!
"The above views DO reflect my employer, since I am my employer" - Jim Brain
