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  • Re: Commodore 128

    From Dr. What@1:342/201 to Bo Holt on Sun Jul 26 09:59:16 2026
    Bo Holt wrote to All <=-

    I am pleased to be able to share that after a year of searching, I
    finally came across a working Commodore 128 on eBay. The video RAM has also been upgraded to 64k; I am not a Commodore expert, but I
    understand that is a popular upgraded these days. I am curious to know what practical uses the RAM upgrade will provide.

    The 128 has a 80 column mode where you can connect it to a CGA-compatible display using the 9 pin video connector. Without the video RAM upgrade, that display would only be monochrome. But with the upgrade, you can get all the Commodore colors in 80 column mode.

    I am also excited to experience some demos and the software that
    actually does utilize 128 mode.

    The software exists. Ex: https://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/c128/

    But the 128 mode of the C128 was not heavily used. The vast majority of the software available was for the C64. And software vendors targeted the C64 since it had the wider market.

    I've known people who had a 128 and never took it out of C64 mode.


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