Prototype Plastic 128D w/ 1563 3.5" drive

[al_anger]

Hey ppl,

Just updated the pics for the NTSC Plastic 128D from Fred Bowen's office. View the goodness at:

http://gallery.gwizcomputers.com/comm/index.html

6th link down the page.

best,
al

[Golan Klinger]

Al! Nice to see you here. You've forgotten more about modding the 128 than I'll ever know.

[al_anger]

Thx Golan.  It's nice to be seen  

al

[Blacklord]

Hey ppl,

Just updated the pics for the NTSC Plastic 128D from Fred Bowen's office. View the goodness at:

http://gallery.gwizcomputers.com/comm/index.html

6th link down the page.

best,
al

Ooooo... where are these housed ? I feel the need to um, "investigate" these personally, especially the dual 128

Cheers,

Lance

[Mangelore]

Wow, the prototype 128D with 3.5" drive looks great!

[al_anger]

Ooooo... where are these housed ? I feel the need to um, "investigate" these personally, especially the dual 128

Cheers,

Lance

Savannah Georgia USA

I've got a room for ya, Start packing.

best,
al

[adric22]

Wow!  I had no idea there was ever such a prototype built.  Is it just me or does the floppy drive bezel look a lot like that of the Amiga 1000?  

This is the way the machine SHOULD have come as a finished product.  But I imagine it was out of the question due to the large installed base of 5.25" software.  Still, I bet if they had made a version like that it would have sold anyway, maybe it would have helped to push the 3.5" format on the 8-bit commodore world more.

[Murple]

It really is a shame that copy protection and other factors made 1581's of such limited value on the C64/128. I wonder if something like this prototype would've helped at all? I guess probably not, since Commodore wasnt very aggressive in marketing any of their computers after the original C64, which made software companies mostly ignore the 128 variants.

[Golan Klinger]

What I find most interesting is the Commodore= badge on the front. That looks smart.