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title: Commodore CBM 700 Series
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Professional Computer
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origins:
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- U.S.A.
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years:
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- '1983'
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cpus:
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- MOS 6509
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params:
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name: CBM 700 Series
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_700_system_2.jpg
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company: /companies/commodore
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company_name: Commodore
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: CBM 700 Series
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Commodore
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: U.S.A.
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1983'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: Extended version of Microsoft BASIC 4.0
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full stroke 94 key with numeric keypad and function/programmable keys
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- label: CPU
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value: MOS 6509 (Zilog Z80 & Intel 8088 optional)
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- label: SPEED
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value: 2 MHz
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- label: RAM
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value: 128 KB (up to 896 KB)
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- label: ROM
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value: 28 KB
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 80 chars. x 25 lines
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: None
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- label: COLORS
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value: Monochrome
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- label: SOUND
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value: 3 voices, 9 octaves (same SID 6581 as C-64)
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 46 (W) x 59.5 (D) x 46 (H) cm
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: IEEE-488, Serial RS-232, Cartridge, audio, cassette
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: optional built-in dual floppy disc drives
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- label: OS
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value: ROM Based (CP/M or MS DOS optional)
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built-in switching power supply unit
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: 2 x 170 KB or 500 KB or 1 MB 5'' floppy disc unit, 8088 or Z80 card
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- label: PRICE
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value: $2995
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tabs:
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- photos
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- adverts
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- hardware
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- software
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- emulators
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- links
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- docs
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forum_thread: 928
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photos:
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- title: MODEL 701
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_700_system_1.jpg
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- title: DUAL FDD VERSION
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_700_dualfddversion.jpg
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- title: TOP VIEW
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_700_topview_1.jpg
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- title: RIGHT SIDE
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_700_rightside_1.jpg
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- title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_700_keyboard_1.jpg
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- title: WITH 8250LP
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subtitle: ''
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text: The 8250LP is a dual 5.25" 1 MB floppy disk drive. LP seems to be for Low Profile (Half the height of a normal 8250)
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_700_withfddunit.jpg
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- title: REAR SIDE
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subtitle: ''
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text: The monitor only allows brightness adjustment.
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_700_back_1.jpg
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- title: REAR CONNECTORS
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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**(1)** Reset button\
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**(2)** ROM cartridge connector\
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**(3)** Sound output jack\
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**(4)** Tape recorder connector\
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**(5)** IEEE-488 connector\
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**(6)** Power plug and switch\
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**(7)** Serial RS-232 DB25 connector
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_700_connectors_1.jpg
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- title: MAIN BOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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**(1)** Characters generator ROM chips\
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**(2)** MOS 6525 (Tri-Port Controller)and 6526 (User-Port Controller)\
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**(3)** Real-time clock magnetic shield\
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**(4)** 3 BASIC EPROM's\
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**(5)** RAM expansion controller and ROM\
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**(6)** 128 KB RAM memory chips (here 16xFairchild 8264)\
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**(7)** Second 128 KB bank, used in 702-703 versions\
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**(8)** Keyboard connector\
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**(9)** 6509 processor. Quite the same as a 6502 but can manage more than 64 KB of RAM\
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**(10)** 6850 video processor\
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**(11)** 6551 RS-232-C (V.24) controller
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_700_mainboard_1.jpg
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- title: BASIC ROM'S CLOSE-UP
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Notice that 2764 28-pin EPROMS are socketted onto 24-pin sockets through an adaptor.\
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Also notice that the second EPROM plastic protection is broken, but the chip is still running ;-)
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image: /media/museum/photos/commodore_700_basicroms_1.jpg
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adverts:
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- title: 'UK BROCHURE #1'
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/commodore_700_4pageleaflet1.jpg
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- title: 'UK BROCHURE #2'
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/commodore_700_4pageleaflet2.jpg
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- title: 'UK BROCHURE #3'
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/commodore_700_4pageleaflet3.jpg
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- title: 'UK BROCHURE #4'
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/commodore_700_4pageleaflet4.jpg
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hardware:
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- title: CLOCK/CALENDAR MODULE
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subtitle: ''
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text: Could be connected to any PET/CBM user port. Clock and calendar were battery backed up.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_pet_clockmodule_1.jpg
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- title: EPROM PROGRAMMER
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subtitle: ''
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text: Could burn 2716 and 2732 Eprom chips.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_pet_epromprog_1.jpg
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- title: TNW-2000
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subtitle: IEEE-488 to Serial converter
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text: Thanks to **Pascal Rollin**
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_pet_tnw2000_1.jpg
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- title: DUAL DISK-DRIVES
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subtitle: Model 2040
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text: This dual 5.25" floppy disk is single sided, double density and has a storage capacity of 170 Kb per disk, or 360k total. It's connected to the computer through an IEEE-488 interface and uses CBM DOS 1.0.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_cbm2040-dualdisks_1.jpg
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- title: 8050 DUAL DISK-DRIVE
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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CBM PET Model 8050 Dual disk drive. It uses a 100 TPI single headed drive with a storage capacity of 533,248 bytes per drive. Each 8050 disk has 77 tracks, and is read/write compatible with the model 8250 disk. This compatibility is limited to one side of the diskette.
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It can be used with Commodore Series 2001, Series 3000, Series 4000 and Series 8000. It uses an IEEE-488 interface.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_cbm_8050_diskdrives.jpg
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- title: 8250-LP DUAL DRIVE UNIT
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subtitle: ''
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text: The 8250-LP (for Low Profile) uses dual half-size double-side, double-density 1 MB capacity floppy drives. The main logic board is entirely different from the full-size 8250. It uses two 6502 processors!
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_700_8250fddunit_1.jpg
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- title: 9090 HARD-DISK
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subtitle: ''
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text: This is a single drive non-removeable Winchester technology storage device. It features 3 platters with recording surfaces on both sides and provides 7.5 million characters of storage. A single random access file may occupy the entire capacity. It has an IEEE interface connector and a "slow blow" fuse on the back.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_cbm_9090_harddisk.jpg
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- title: 8023P COMMODORE TRACTOR PRINTER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/commodore_printer_8032p.jpg
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screenshots:
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- title: CALCRESULT
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subtitle: ''
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text: A Spreadsheet cartridge for the Commodore 700 series
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image: /media/museum/software/commodore_700_calcresultcart_1.jpg
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- title: WORDCRAFT
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subtitle: ''
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text: A word processor cartridge for the Commodore 700 series
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image: /media/museum/software/commodore_700_wordcraftcart_1.jpg
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emulators:
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- title: Versatile Commodore 8-bit Emulator (VICE)
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url: http://www.6502.org/users/andre/index.html
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platform: Windows
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text: ''
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links:
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- title: Larry's PET/CBM Pages
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url: http://www.portcommodore.com/petindex.php?path=main-cbmidx
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text: Excellent source of information for PET/CBM computers
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- title: PET index
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url: http://www.6502.org/users/andre/petindex/index.html
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text: Some useful info here about PET computers
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- title: The Commodore CBM-II page
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url: http://ca.geocities.com/SJGRAY@ROGERS.COM/CBM/
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text: All things CBM-II
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- title: THE Independent Commodore Library
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url: http://freespace.virgin.net/ken.ross1/
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text: All sorts of programs here, text files covering a wide range of subjects
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- title: TPUG - Toronto PET Users Group Inc.
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url: http://www.tpug.ca/
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text: The Commodore PET Users Group, founded in 1979 ! (seems offline, mail us their new address if you find it)
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- title: www.commodore.ca
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url: http://www.commodore.ca/products/pet/commodore_pet.htm
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text: Excellent site with a lot of info about Commodore computers including dedicated PET pages
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- title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
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url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
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text: Discussion about Commodore micros
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docs:
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- title: COMMODORE BASIC VERSION 4.0 - USER'S REFERENCE MANUAL
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url: http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/default.htm
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/commodore_basic_4_users_reference%20manual.jpg
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text: |-
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[**COMMODORE BASIC VERSION 4.0 - USER'S REFERENCE MANUAL**](http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/default.htm)written by Commodore
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compiled/archived by www.commodore.ca\
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [www.commodore.ca](http://www.commodore.ca)
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- title: COMMODORE PET MACHINE LANGUAGE MONITOR
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url: http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/default.htm
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/pet_machine_language_monitor.jpg
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text: |-
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[**COMMODORE PET MACHINE LANGUAGE MONITOR**](http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/default.htm)written by Commodore
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compiled/archived by www.commodore.ca\
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [www.commodore.ca](http://www.commodore.ca)
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related:
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- /museum/commodore-cbm-500-600-series
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- /museum/commodore-cbm-80xx
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- /museum/commodore-pet-200
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- /museum/commodore-pet-2001
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- /museum/commodore-pet-30xx
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- /museum/commodore-pet-cbm-40xx
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- /museum/commodore-superpet
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oc_id: 952
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230604013708/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=952
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date: '2023-06-04'
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The Commodore 700 series featured the same hardware basis as the [600](/museum/commodore-cbm-500-600-series/) series but had a built-in tilt-and-swivel monochrome 12" monitor, a detachable keyboard and housing for two 5.25" floppy drives.
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It was said that the 5/6/700 cases were designed by Porsche, not the more familiar Porsche auto factory, but the separate Porsche Design firm.
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Three version were also available:\
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• 710 (CBM 128/80 in USA): 128 KB RAM\
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• 720 (CBM 256/80): 256 KB RAM\
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• 730 (CBMX 256/80): 256 KB RAM and coprocessor
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Both versions could be purchased with a built-in dual floppy disk drive which was compatible with the external 8250 dual drive unit.
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