Commodore

Party Quiz Game (Suncom, 1984)
I finally ran across the program disk for this to go along with the 3 question disks that have turned up. It doesn't seem to be in Gamebase, so it must be rather obscure. I can't get it to start the game, though. It says that the buttons for the 3 players are F3/F5/F7, but this would be terribly difficult to pl... 13 Jan 2008 08:56

10 Worst keyboards of all time
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139100/article.html Well, it was an interesting article. And yes, all of those computers have bad keyboards. Commodore managed to get 3 different spots in the top 10. However, I'm guessing this guy never used an Apple II keyboard, because I think those are worse than some of... 21 Jan 2008 12:18

XA1541 on AMD64 x2, thread aggregation
Hello Redrumloa, I'm trying to recollect the most critical facts from the previous analyses to help all of us to get a better orientation, what's working on your machine and what's not. Some reported facts from the beginning (2007-12-15 ... 2007-12-19) of the previous thread: Cable (reported): XA1541 ... 10 Jan 2008 19:29

Ready to make cables again! ;)
Well I just got back from the electronics store where I purchased a bunch of wire for serial, RGB, XE, and a variety of other cables. So if anyone happens to need any cables, please feel free to let me know and we'll see what we can work out. Charles> 8-Bit Designs http://www.8bitdesigns.ath.cx ... 9 Jan 2008 22:40

getty and shell accounts, difference?
Guys, I've used getty in he past and always asumed that shell accounts were the same thing, never having used a shell account myself. After last Saturday on IRC, I get the impression this is not the case. How is a shell account different than getty? Can getty be configured to act like a shell account? If not, is t... 15 Jan 2008 20:59

A500 power supply electric specifications?
About 5 years ago, my CMD hard drive power supply died. One of the suggested solutions was to modify an AMIGA 500 power supply. Can a hard drive power supply be used without causing damage to itself or the A500, when connected to an AMIGA 500? The CMD PSU output is 5 volts at 2 amps and 12 volts at 1.5 amps. ... 11 Jan 2008 21:07

Nintendo 8-bit repair?
I realize this is not nintendo NG but still, I could not find a relevant nintendo group!? I just bought a nintendo entertainment system off of ebay but when i hooked it up to the TV set the colors are all wrong and it's like half the graphics are missing... I think the RAM may be defect but i could not find a... 13 Jan 2008 21:09

C= at the CES Show in Vegas
I thought I would just check to see what was shaking at the Consumer Electrinic's Show this year for "commodore" (i use that term lightly now... because it's not C=ommodre, as we know it) Well I found the new gaming systems.... but a few other things too. Check out this page if you get time. http://gizmodo.... 12 Jan 2008 21:34

Commodore/Amiga Network meeting - Jan. 19
Greetings, C= and Ami aficionados, Especially those in the Los Angeles area or those who plan to visit the Los Angeles area. The second meeting of the Commodore/Amiga Network (CAN) will be held on Saturday, January 19, at 4 p.m. in Castaic (northern Los Angeles area), California. For the exact address, send... 14 Jan 2008 04:26

MOS8365 and MOS8366
Kekule <io(a)io.it> writes: Finally some testing has been done on MOS8365, the Pal-N TED built in the Drean Commodore 16 sold in Argentina. I've got one too, to play with. http://plus4.emucamp.com/hardware.php?hid=390116 I also heard about a brasilian C16 version with a phantom-ish MOS8366: any infos about ... 11 Jan 2008 04:54