1 INTRODUCTION
About The Commodore PC
The
Commodore
PC series
of
personal
computers
offers
computing
power
and versatile graphics
at
an affordable price. Right
out
of
the
box
the
Commodore
PCs are fully equipped,
with
all
the
memory
and
graphics-handling capabilities
needed
to
run
the
MS-DOS®
Operating System
and
virtually any
IBM®
PC compatible software.
In addition,
the
Commodore
PCs feature a flexible
"open
architecture" design
that
allows
and
supports
the
easy installation
of
a variety
of
options-now,
and
in
the
future.
The
Commodore
PC
series includes
the
PC 10-1, a single floppy-
disk drive unit, and
the
PC 10-2, a dual floppy-disk drive unit.
The
PC 10-1
comes
with
512
KB
of
RAM
installed, expandable
to
640
KB;
the PC 10-2
comes
with
640
KB
RAM
installed.
Both models include a factory-installed
AT!
Graphics Solution
Adapter,
which
enormously
enhances
the
power
and
versatility
of
the
Commodore
PCs. With
the
ATI
card,
you
are ready
to
use a
range
of
monitor types
without
having
to
buy
and install
one
or
more
special graphics cards,
each
of
which
could
cost
up
to
several
hundred
dollars
if
bought
as add-on items.
The
combination
of
large
memory
and
flexible graphics-handling
capability makes
the
Commodore
PCs able
and
ready
to
run
MS-
DOS and
such
popular
IBM®
PC-compatible software
products
as
Lotus
1-2-3® and
dBASE
III®.
Both
the
PC 10-1
and
the
PC 10-2
come
equipped
with
an RS-232
port
that
you
can
use
to
connect
a serial printer,
and
a Centronics
port
you
can
use for a parallel printer. Depending
on
what
equipment
you
have,
you
can
connect
either
(or
both)
types
of
printer-again
without
having
to
buy
and install a special
expansion card. You
can
also use
the
RS-232
port
to
plug
in
an
external modem.
The
power
supply reliably
supports
all
the
factory-installed
features, and provides sufficient over-capacity
to
handle a
number
of
add-ons,
such
as a
hard
disk drive
and
any
options
installed in
the
five expansion ports. For instance,
you
could
use
one
expansion
port
to
add an internal
modem
and
another
expansion
port
for a
hard
disk controller.
The
major features
of
the
Commodore
PC
10-1
and
PC 10-2 are
summarized below:
PC
10-1 Features
-
512
KB
of
memory
(expandable
to
640
KB)
-PC-XT
compatible BIOS
-MS-DOS
3.2
Operating
System; GW
BASIC®
3.2
-One
360K
double-sided,
double
density 5
V4-inch
floppy disk drive
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