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QLINK NEW PRODUCTS
Robert Baker runs a section on
QuantumLink's Commodore Information
Network in which he tracks new products for
Commodore machines. If you're up on QLink,
it's worth checking out. He typically updates
the information at least every 48 hours. We
got several leads on new products from Bob
for this issue.
GENERIC LABEL POCKETS
If you're like me, you reuse old disks until
they arc worn out, and in the process they
accumulate a six-inch thick layer of new disk
labels. Well, Weber & Sons, 3468 Highway 9,
Freehold NJ 07728, has a new disk labelling
system that consists of a clear plastic stick-on
pocket and replacable cards. You get 100
plastic pockets, 100 white and 100 color cards
$19.45, or you can check out a sample pack of
25 for $6.
C= PC CLONES
Well, here are the specs (finally!) on
Commodore's PC clones, which should be
showing up in the U.S. shortly: The PC10 has
512K of RAM, a single 360K 5.25" drive, an
EGA color graphics card, and built-in parallel
and serial I/O ports. It will be priced under
$1000. The PC20 has 640K and two drives,
and will sell for about $1200. Both systems
will handle an off-the-shelf 5.25" add-on 20
meg hard drive.
New for the 64
COMAL TODAY INDEX
If you've got the first 12 issues of COMAL
Today (and doesn't everybody?), then you need
the COMAL Today Index. It lists every article
in the first twelve issues by title, author, and
keyword. With over 4000 entries, it's your
fault if you can't find what you're looking for
now! $6.95 + $2 shpg from COMAL Users
Group, 6041 Monona Dr., Madison WI 53716,
608/222-4432.
1764 RAM EXPANDER
Commodore's 1764 RAM Expansion for the
C64 will come with a replacement power
supply for the C64 to provide the extra power
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required for the unit. No word yet on how
much it will cost (some say less than $200), but
it apparently will give you a full 512K of
bank-switched RAM, and may come with
RAMdisk software.
1581 3.5" DISK DRIVE
The latest word on the 1581 is that it will not
ship until the first quarter of next year...at
least. Technical details are still sketchy, and
some are not even pinned down yet, but it
appears that the 1581 will use some form of
MFM recording and not Commodore GCR, so
it will not be anything like 1541/1571 format.
Nor will it be Amiga format compatible, even
though it will be double-sided with 80 tracks
per side. It will provide full-track buffering
which will help speed up data transfers over
the serial buss and make it reasonably fast.
Word is that Commodore is calling this a "highend"
product and will price it considerably
higher than the 1571.
MONEY MACHINE
Money Machine is a bimonthly publication
from Don Vandeventer devoted to making
money with your Commodore computer. The
first issue (Nov/Dec) is a thin 40 pages in
black & white, and costs as much as INFO
($3.95). The reviews are outdated, and if they
seem familiar it is because at least a couple of
them arc simply rewrites of reviews from
ancient issues of INFO 64. (Omni writer?
Come on, that one isn't even available any
more!) Anyway, until this magazine gets on
with it and passes along some new information,
and provides better value for the cover price,
we can't recommend it. The idea is a good
one, and we hope that Don can turn it around
and make this publication worth the cover
price. $16 for 6 issues, from: Money Machine,
PO Box 2618, Ocala FL 32678, 984/622-1022.