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====== Commodore CBM 80xx (1981) ======




===== Features =====

* CPU: 6502 1 MHz
* RAM: 32, 64 or 96 KB
* ROM: 16 KB
* Text Modes: 80 columns x 25 lines
* Graphic Modes: none
* Colors: Monochrome
* I/O Ports: IEEE 488, Cassette
* Keyboard: Full-stroke keyboard ("business keyboard")
* Built In Media: None
* OS: ROM Based (ROM v4.0)
* Built In Language: Commodore Basic (v4.0)



===== Known Issues =====

The emulation of this system is Preliminary.



===== History and Trivia =====

The main improvement over the other PET / CBM computers is the 80-column display. The screen is 12" large and the ROM version is 4.0.

The CBM-80xx was often sold as a "bundle". It was made up of the computer (most often the CBM 8032, though other models were made), the 5.25" double disk drive CBM 8050 (500 KB, 77 tracks) and the bi-directional 132-columns, 160 CPS printer. The 8050 has a 6502 CPU, 4 KB
of RAM and 12 KB of ROM (which contains the DOS). It was sold with Ozz, a Database, and a version of the spreadsheet "Visicalc".

//(info from old-computers.com)//



===== Links =====

* Larry's PET/CBM Pages -- http://www.portcommodore.com/petindex.php?path=main-cbmidx
* PET Index -- http://www.6502.org/users/andre/petindex/index.html
* CBM 80xx at old-computers.com -- http://old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=105



===== Other Emulators =====

* VICE -- http://www.viceteam.org/




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