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CBM Commodore 700 series (1983)

Features

Usage

MESS emulates the following computers

For each system, MESS supports emulation with two cart slots, “cartridge1” (cart1) and “cartridge2” (cart2), for cart dumps in .crt, .10, .20, .40 and .60 format.

Also notice that a “quickload” (quik) feature is available for .p00 and .prg files.

Keyboard

These systems require full keyboard emulation to work correctly. At startup, full keyboard emulation mode is enabled by default. Whilst in full keyboard emulation mode, some key associated functionality may be disabled (like the Esc key for EXIT). The keyboard emulation mode is toggled using the Scrl Lock key (by default).

Original Keyboard: Full stroke 94 key with numeric keypad and function keys

F1    F2   F3   F4   F5   F6   F7   F8   F9  F10      DOWN  UP  LEFT  RIGHT     HOME/CLEAR   DEL/INST

                                                                          INS  
   ESC   1!   2"   3#   4$   5%   6^   7&   8*   9(   0)   -   =+   <-£   DEL          ?   CE    .    /

                                                                       ________   
   TAB     Q    W    E    R    T     Y    U    I    O    P    [    ]  | RETURN |       7    8    9    -
                                                                      |__      |
    SHIFT                                                                |     |
    LOCK     A    S    D    F     G     H    J    K    L   ;:   '"   Pi  |     |       4    5    6    +
                                                                         |_____|
                                                                                                      E
      SHIFT     Z    X    C    V    B     N    M    ,<   .>   /?   SHIFT   C=          1    2    3    n
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            CTRL               SPACEBAR                                              0      .    00   r

Known Issues

The emulation of these systems is Preliminary.

History and Trivia

The Commodore 700 series featured the same hardware basis as the 600 series but had a built-in tilt-and-swivel monochrome 12” monitor, a detachable keyboard and housing for two 5.25” floppy drives.

It was said that the 5/6/700 cases were designed by Porsche, not the more familiar Porsche auto factory, but the separate Porsche Design firm.

Three versions were available:

Both versions could be purchased with a built-in dual floppy disk drive which was compatible with the external 8250 dual drive unit.

(info from old-computers.com)

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