• 'Commodore 64 disk/tape emulation and data transfer' comprises hardware and software for Commodore 64 disk & tape emulation and for data transfer between...
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    and Commodore PET. In the United States, the 1541 floppy disk drive was widespread. By contrast, in Europe, the C64 was often used with cassette tape...
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    The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics...
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    that when Commodore later came out with disk drives, they could not be used from BASIC (although the kernel routines supported them), and only supported...
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    Amiga (redirect from Commodore Amiga)
    Amiga emulation SAGE Computer Technology Under Commodore and Escom The name "Amiga" was chosen because it is the Spanish word for (female) friend, and alphabetically...
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    MSX (section Emulation)
    did not have a built-in disk drive, so software were initially published on cartridge and cassette tape. Mitsumi QuickDisks were originally launched...
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  • network kernel interfaces .TAP files, tape images from Commodore 8-bit computers; see Commodore 64 disk / tape emulation Transferred Account Procedure data...
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    Apple II (category Products and services discontinued in 1993)
    halls. Apple and many third-party developers made software available on tape at first, but after the Disk II became available in 1978, tape-based Apple...
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    Nintendo Entertainment System (category Products and services discontinued in 2003)
    consoles such as the Atari 2600, alongside home computers such as the Commodore 64 and the Intellivision acquired footholds in the American market. Many companies...
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    MOS Technology 6510 (category Commodore 64)
    6510 is widely used in the Commodore 64 (C64) home computer and its variants. It is also used in the Seagate ST-251 MFM hard disk. The primary change from...
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    TRS-80 (category Products and services discontinued in 1981)
    alternative to cassette tape and floppy disk storage from Exatron sold over 4,000 units by 1981. The device is a continuous loop tape drive, dubbed the stringy...
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    bundled with a Commodore 1084SD1 monitor. Later machines came with the ECS chipset and AmigaOS 2.04. The second floppy drive replaces the hard disk drive. The...
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    Spectrum series, Commodore 64, and BBC Micro relied on the use of the domestic television set and a separately connected tape recorder or disk drive. In itself...
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    production run between late 1979 and mid-1985. The primary global competition came when the similarly equipped Commodore 64 was introduced in August 1982...
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  • ROM, allowing the suspended program to be saved to disk (very useful for tape-based games with no disk support, but also for saving games in progress),...
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    Fast loader (redirect from Turbo tape)
    for a home computer, such as the Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum, that accelerates the speed of file loading from floppy disk or compact cassette. Fast loaders...
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    1541 Ultimate (category Commodore 64)
    peripheral, primarily an emulated floppy disk and cartridge emulator based on the FPGA Xilinx XC3S250E, for the Commodore 64 home computer. It became available...
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    IBM Personal Computer (category Products and services discontinued in 1987)
    line, as well as consumer-grade platforms created by companies like Commodore and Atari. Most present-day personal computers share architectural features...
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  • Elite (video game) (category Commodore 64 games)
    Wheel" is and what it takes to join its ranks. The first version of the game was released for the BBC Micro, model B on tape and disk and "about a month...
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    the same price bracket being the Commodore 64. The VZ200 version of BASIC had more features compared to the Commodore 64 BASIC. The VZ200 had little impact...
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  • MS-DOS etc.) CTOS Cassette Tape Operating System for the Datapoint 2200 DOS Disk Operating System for the Datapoint 2200, 5500, and 1100 Deos – Time & Space...
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    PC game (section Emulation)
    falling off of disk sales than anyone anticipated." A third attributed the end of growth in sales of the Commodore 64 to the console, and Trip Hawkins called...
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  • It included on-board RAM, SCSI hard disk interface and a MC68008 processor. OS-9 was also ported to the Commodore SP-9000 or SuperPET, which had a 6809...
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  • (Commodore 64, 1997–, Hungarian) Pain (IBM PC) Parrot (IBM PC) PC BusinessDisk (IBM PC, 1990–1991) PC Disk (IBM PC, c. 1983; mostly business) PC Disk Downunder...
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    magnetic disk drives were too costly. For example, the Commodore 64 included 64 KB of RAM and 20 KB of ROM containing a BASIC interpreter and the KERNAL...
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    ZX Spectrum (category Products and services discontinued in 1992)
    with 128 KB RAM and built-in floppy disk drive in 1987. The machine primarily competed with the Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Dragon 32, and the Amstrad CPC...
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  • as word processing and home accounting. Games were easier to distribute, since they could be sold on floppy disks or cassette tapes instead of ROM cartridges...
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    Apple IIGS (category Products and services discontinued in 1992)
    voices in stereo. There is 64 KB of dedicated RAM for use by the 5503. The IIGS supports both 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch floppy disks and has seven general-purpose...
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  • from 68K emulation performance, were inherently due to the 603. Rather, the processor was retrofitted to be used with 68K motherboards and other obsolete...
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    Robotron Z1013 (category Science and technology in East Germany)
    Commodore 1541-II floppy with the Z 1013. It has a capacity of 170 KB per disk side. The recording format is compatible with Commodore computers and thus...
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