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Assunto:  Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate
De:       Dennis Katsonis
Data:     Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:49:00 +1000
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-=> Mortar M. wrote to Dennis Katsonis <=-

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 MM>   Re: Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate
 MM>   By: Dennis Katsonis to Mortar M. on Tue Apr 14 2026 23:48:00

 MM> Nope.  However, the BASIC and Kernal ROMs were socketed, so it is
 MM> possible to replace the originals with new ones.

 > The problem is you can't rework the already sold units.

 MM> I believe I just indicated you could.  If Commodore followed this path,
 MM> the chips could've been sold as an upgrade, for those who wanted to
 MM> make the change.

This would have been outside the technical capability of pretty much everyone I
knew who owned a Commodore 64, incuding at the time, me.

 > Then you have incompatible BASIC variants, leaving the original buyers in
 > the cold.

 MM> Unlike business systems where compatibility is important, the home
 MM> market at that time had no such need.  As you indicated, there were
 MM> already numerous BASIC dialects in the wild, by Commodore and
 MM> third-party vendors and thanks to various sources like magazines, user
 MM> groups, etc., most were supported in some fashion.

That may be true.  I'm thinking of all the books and magazines that
had listings.  They would have had to have catered to the lowest
common denominator (the built in BASIC).
 
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