Re: Drean C64 detailed info

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 21:27:36 +0100
Message-Id: <F61CDD55-F7D9-4EED-AF0B-E78B394DE31A_at_wfmh.org.pl>
> On 2020-02-03, at 21:21, André Fachat <afachat_at_gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>>> Do we have exact specs/schematics of Drean 64 available somewhere? Quick
>>> check of Funet/Zimmers didn't reveal anything…
>> 
>> Nobody, nothing? Other than a different VIC…
> 
> The secret weapons of Commodore page states they used imported original CBM
> parts (boards, chips) and only made cases and labels.
> 
> But I guess you knew that already

Surely they didn't produce the boards, chips, etc. but they had to modify them. Replacing the VIC is one thing, but what about any other changes. For example that VIC is said to have both high cycle count per rasterline AND high count of rasterlines, which suggests possibly a different clocking regime? Modulators?

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SD! 
Received on 2020-05-30 00:46:00

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