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From: daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: Re: Compatibility:  8000 series and C64
Message-ID: <778@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Sep-86 19:48:28 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 24 19:48:28 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 25-Sep-86 03:42:52 EDT
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> 
> I have access to a commodore business machine 8000 series computer system. It
> will only be useful to me if it is compatible with the Commodore 64 and
> has the same ports etc. Can anyone give me that information?
> 
> 	Thanks
> 
> Bob Felderman
> 3732L Boelter Hall	         feldy@ats.ucla.edu
> University of California    ...!{trwspp,sdcrdcf,ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!feldy
> Los Angeles, CA 90024
> (213) 825-2841

I'd put the 8000 machine in the pretty useless category for you, then.  
There are several 8000 machines, all of which are essentially the high end
of the PET family.  They support an 80 column monochrome, characters only
display, IEEE bus for peripherals, etc.  Just about everything on them
is different than on the C64.  I think the BASIC on the 8000's is a superset
of the C64's; you could run C64 BASIC programs on the 8000 if it contains
no PEEK, POKE, or SYS instructions.  The 4040 disk drive can read 1541
disks, though many 8000 machines use the higher density 8050 or 8250 disk
drives.

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