PET Haul Today

[Cameron Kaiser]

> > > > Commodore PET 64 model 4064, 2-PET model 4032-12, 2-CBM 2001
> > >
> > > Is this the Educator 64, aka a C64 in a PET case? I've never seen one of
> > > those apart from press photos from when they were released.
> >
> > No. There are two collections classed as "PET 64s" -- the true PET or
> > Educator 64, which is just a regular 64 in a PET case with a monochrome
> > monitor; and the 4064, which also appears in PET cases, with a modified
> > Kernal that turns the background to black, text colour to white and all
> > sprite colours to black during interrupts.
> 
> So you're saying the 4064 is more interesting than the PET/Educator 64?
> I have one, FWIW.

Well, they're both interesting. The PET 64 has a built-in amp for the
speaker and a reset switch, and some people have reportedly converted it
into a colour system, making a rather interesting all-in-one. Since the
Kernal is standard, it's just a regular Commodore 64 in a big case.

The 4064 is more interesting for its ROM changes, but it's rather more
annoying to use than the PET 64 because of them (there's a POKE to make the
Kernal stop doing that, but as soon as you reset it or hit RUN-STOP/RESTORE,
it goes back to its old tricks -- for the curious, it's
POKE 646,PEEK(646)OR128 ). Nevertheless, it's much more unique.

And if you get bored with the 4064, let me know. :)

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