You don't see really interesting historical stuff like this, presumably genuine, set of prototypes of a Commodore product come up on ebay vey often. Sadly well beyond what my wife would ever let me pay for it, but really interesting
https://www.ebay.com/itm/255321985950?_ ... %7Ciid%3A1
IEEE-488
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Re: IEEE-488
Wow, very interesting! Museum stuff.
EDIT: take a look at his store...
EDIT: take a look at his store...
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Re: IEEE-488
If I had a spare few thousand dollars I could go wild in that lot! Wow, he’s selling some really unusual stuff there.
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Interesting that one of the boards says "VC-40".
I wonder if there was meant to be any connection with the proposed "VIC-40". I doubt it but since the VIC-20 was also called the VC-20 in Germany it makes me wonder:
https://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/ ... vic40.html
http://www.cbm.sfks.se/tidning/vic-40.html
I wonder if there was meant to be any connection with the proposed "VIC-40". I doubt it but since the VIC-20 was also called the VC-20 in Germany it makes me wonder:
https://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/ ... vic40.html
http://www.cbm.sfks.se/tidning/vic-40.html
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Re: IEEE-488
The edge connector of the unpopulated board has a smaller pin pitch, which suggests it is a prototype for the forthcoming C64, its working title being V(I)C-40.ral-clan wrote:Interesting that one of the boards says "VC-40". [...]
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Re: IEEE-488
Wasn't the VC prefix used in germany?
Whare VIC was too close to a bad word
Whare VIC was too close to a bad word