CBM-3000 series
| CBM-3000 series | |
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| Manufacturer | Commodore International |
| Type | Personal computer |
| publication | 1978 |
| End of production | 1980 |
| processor | MOS 6502 @ 1 MHz |
| random access memory | 8 KB - 32 KB RAM (depending on the version) |
| graphic | 40 × 25 characters monochrome block graphics with an image resolution of 320 × 200 pixels |
| Sound | - |
| Disk | 170 KB floppy disks, audio cassettes ( Datasette ) |
| operating system |
CBM BASIC (3001 and 3008) CBM BASIC V2 (3016 and 3032) |
| predecessor | PET 2001 |
| successor | CBM-4000 series |
The 3000 series from Commodore was the successor to the PET 2001 . It was presented at the beginning of 1978 in the USA and in the spring of the same year in Europe at the Hanover Fair . It was the first Commodore computer to be officially sold in Germany. The model line had a short lifespan and was replaced by the 4000 series in 1980 .
In addition to a real typewriter-like keyboard, this series of computers had a number of detailed improvements that affected the built-in basic and the operating system . Due to the expanded keyboard, the built-in datasette (program and data memory) has been outsourced as an additional device.
The main board of the model CBM 3008 was still practically identical to that of the predecessor PET 2001 with its static RAM chips . In the 3016 and 3032 models, however, the RAM and thus the entire motherboard was converted to dynamic chips , hence the nickname Dynamic PET in the Anglo-Saxon area . As with its predecessor, a MOS Technology 6502 with 1 MHz clock frequency worked as the CPU.
The name PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) had to be changed in Europe to CBM (Commodore Business Machines) for trademark reasons.
With these devices, Commodore achieved an initial success in the office sector as well as in universities and schools. But it wasn't until the successor models 4000 and 8000 series that the real breakthrough came about.
The following models were available:
- CBM 3001 (European model of PET 2001 - not marketed in Germany)
- CBM 3008 (slightly revised version of the 3001 with 8 KB static memory - production already discontinued in 1978)
- CBM 3016 (heavily revised version of the 3008 with 16 KB dynamic memory)
- CBM 3032 (heavily revised version of the 3008 with 32 KB dynamic memory)
These computers also had a suitable range of peripheral devices, in particular floppy disk drives and printers, see the Commodore product overview and there the 3000 models.
literature
- Adam Osborne, Caroll S. Donahue: CBM-Computer Handbuch, te-wi Verlag 1981, ISBN 3-921803-13-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Object catalog of the Enter Museum , Solothurn, Switzerland
- ↑ Commodore model catalog at computer-modell-katalog.de
