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Author Topic: Ye not-quite-as -olde Amiga Games  (Read 9383 times)

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Reply #15 on: April 15, 2020, 08:04:51 AM
Me three. C64 to 8088.

I should note that while I did leave the C64 behind, I stayed in the Commodore family. Behold, the Commodore PC10:




CPU8088
SPEED4.77 to 9.54MHz
RAM640KB
GRAPHICSGCA (640 x 200)
COLORS16
SOUNDTone Generator
MEDIA360KB Floppy Drives

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Reply #16 on: April 15, 2020, 08:16:59 AM
^Nice!


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Reply #17 on: April 15, 2020, 09:51:57 AM
I could swear my Commodore PC was a PC-10, but apparently it was a PC-40. I just found a picture of it and can swear that indeed that was the one. I can't find a picture of it with a VGA monochrome monitor (pretty sure 256 shades of gray was not in high demand so I'm surprised my grandfather bothered with it in the first place when he got the system for me back in the day).



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Released: 1989
OS: Commodore MS-DOS
CPU: 80286 @ 12 MHz
Memory: 1 MB RAM (640 KB + 384 KB)
Video: VGA (256 KB RAM)
Graphics: VGA 320×200 (256 colors) to 640×480 (16 colors)
Audio: PC speaker (1 bit)
Internal storage: 40 MB 3.5″ PATA/IDE hard drive
Removable storage: 5.25″ (1.2 MB) or 3.5″ (1.44 MB) floppy drive
FPU: Optional 80287
Expansion slots: 3 x ISA-16, 1 x ISA-8

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Reply #18 on: April 15, 2020, 11:18:13 AM
I LOVED the Amiga. Some A-10 game I played and one of the, 'Silent Service' games.  :dreamer:   The whole, 'Press Any Key To Continue' thing threw me at first. I tried my house key, my car keys, work keys, roller skate keys..... Nothing Worked!  :go-on:

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Reply #19 on: April 15, 2020, 12:11:33 PM
I could swear my Commodore PC was a PC-10, but apparently it was a PC-40. I just found a picture of it and can swear that indeed that was the one. I can't find a picture of it with a VGA monochrome monitor (pretty sure 256 shades of gray was not in high demand so I'm surprised my grandfather bothered with it in the first place when he got the system for me back in the day).



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Released: 1989
OS: Commodore MS-DOS
CPU: 80286 @ 12 MHz
Memory: 1 MB RAM (640 KB + 384 KB)
Video: VGA (256 KB RAM)
Graphics: VGA 320×200 (256 colors) to 640×480 (16 colors)
Audio: PC speaker (1 bit)
Internal storage: 40 MB 3.5″ PATA/IDE hard drive
Removable storage: 5.25″ (1.2 MB) or 3.5″ (1.44 MB) floppy drive
FPU: Optional 80287
Expansion slots: 3 x ISA-16, 1 x ISA-8

Oooh, look at that fancy 3.5" drive.  8)

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Reply #20 on: April 15, 2020, 02:31:49 PM
And that 40MB hard drive...it was quite roomy at the time for what I played on it. Nowadays yer lucky to find a PHONE app that's under 40MB.  ;D

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Reply #21 on: April 15, 2020, 06:12:36 PM
Oooh, look at that fancy 3.5" drive.  8)

And a fancy processor as well! 286 = luxury!!!

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Reply #22 on: April 15, 2020, 06:14:35 PM
AND a 40MB hard drive? BC must have been rich!

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Reply #23 on: April 15, 2020, 11:58:27 PM
HA! Nah, just lucky. My grandfather bought it for me for my 20th B-day, I believe it was.

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Reply #24 on: April 16, 2020, 07:55:47 AM
Awesome grandfather.  :bigthumb:

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Reply #25 on: April 16, 2020, 10:10:53 AM
I don't think I've ever seen a computer with both a 3.5" drive AND a 5.25" drive!  :o



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Reply #26 on: April 16, 2020, 06:16:12 PM
I don't think I've ever seen a computer with both a 3.5" drive AND a 5.25" drive!  :o

Believe it or not, I have four of them right now- all around 30 years old: two Leading Edge 486s, a Tandy 1000SX (or TX, I forget) , and some mystery 386 box that was probably a bespoke unit. All are on the shelf awaiting a future refurb.  ::)

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Reply #27 on: April 16, 2020, 06:41:20 PM
I still have a Zip drive around here somewhere. Now that was some storage space!  :hehe:


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Reply #28 on: April 16, 2020, 06:59:15 PM
I remember seeing those at CompUSA. What was their advantage over using a hard drive? Was it common in business/academic machines for exchanging large files?

BTW, one of my A2000s came with some kind of enclosed-disk-storage device similar to the Zip. The rig started life as a Video Toaster but by the time I bought it all those bits had been removed, presumably to be sold separately. The drive is labeled 'Sysquest' and the one disk I got with it claims to be 88MB.

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Reply #29 on: April 16, 2020, 07:37:53 PM
Since my first experience with Amigas was Cinemaware games, thought I'd mention that Steam has a deal on 13 Cinemaware tiles for $9.99.


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