Re: commodore 900 emulation ?

Hi Didier,

Sorry for my late answer

On 2011-12-11 19:55, Didier Derny wrote:
> Any idea of the processor inside ?
> I know it's a Z8000 but there were 2 version
> After what I've heard :)
>

It's an Z8001

> One too simple not really useful :(
> One too complex and to buggy and finally useless :(
>
> No idea of what is true / false.
>
> Any dump of the roms ?
>
> Any memory map ?
>
> Any boot disk ?
>

Our C900 hobby project have been stalled for a while now - mostly 
because og Xmas season and for my part $work activities - we hope to 
pick up the project again soon.

> I think I still have some books on the Z8000.
>
> I indirectly discovered Unix and C with the commodore 900 :)
> I was supposed to work on this machine..
>
> --
> Didier
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> Objet : Re: commodore 900 emulation ?
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> On 2011-12-10 15:00, Didier Derny wrote:
>>
>> Is there any commodore 900 emulation ?
>>
>> I’ve never seen one
>>
>
> Not as far as I know...
>
>> Are there enough resources available…
>>
>> I saw a prototype of commodore 900 at the pet show 1984.
>>
>> It was inside a commodore 8000 box without screen…
>>
>
> As you propably know - it never came beyond the prototype stage.
> The product was killed by Commodore in the fight (with Amiga) for
> production capacity - which was not unlimited - unfortunately.
>
> But the CBM900 did get to the stage where it was pretty close to a
> product launch - it got its own casing looking quite similar to the one
> that A2000 later was shipped in.
>
> The remaining prototypes and the documentation actually disagrees at
> some points - so it is difficult to say what is the most correct.
>
>
> I only know of 4 prototypes units in the wild:
>
> Bo Zimmerman has two units - one  workstation (hires) and one server
> (lowres) unit. They previously belonged to Claus Schönleber.
>
> Home Computer Museum has one unit - I do not know if it is a workstation
> or a server unit.
>
> And then there is the one (server unit) that we are currently restoring.
>
> As far as I know there our unit is the only one that is able to power up
> right now.
>
> PS: if anyone knows about more CBM 900 units and/or owners then please
> speak up.
>
> /Uffe Jakobsen
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