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'''Commodore 128''', (C128)<br/>
an 8-bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer home computer] released by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International Commodore Business Machines] in 1985 as significantly expanded successor of the [[Commodore 64]]. It was a two processor machine with 128 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte KiB] of [[Memory#RAM|RAM]], using a [[6502]] aka C64 compatible [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_8502 8502] processor, and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog Zilog] [[Z80]] CPU to run [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M CP/M] beside [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_BASIC Commodore BASIC]. An unusual feature of the C128 among CP/M systems is that some of the low-level [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS BIOS] routines are executed by the 8502 instead of the Z80. The latter transfers control to the 8502 after placing the pertinent parameter values in designated memory locations. The Z80 then turns itself off, being awakened by the 8502 at completion of the BIOS routine, with status value(s) available in RAM for inspection <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_128 Commodore 128 from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=Photos=
[[FILE:KempelenC128WMCCC1985.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px|link=WMCCC 1985#Video]]
[[WMCCC 1985]], [[Kempelen]] running on a [[Commodore 128]], operated by [[Gyula Horváth]] <ref>Screen Capture from [[WMCCC 1985#Video|Amsterdam 1985 Video]], 0:37 </ref>
=See also=
* [[Amiga]]
* [[Commodore 64]]
* [[The Final Chesscard]]
=Publications=
* [http://www.amazon.com/Ottis-R.-Cowper/e/B001KINS00 Ottis R. Cowper] ('''1986'''). ''Mapping the Commodore 128''. [http://www.devili.iki.fi/pub/Commodore/docs/books/Mapping_the_Commodore_128.pdf pdf]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_128 Commodore 128 from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.commodore.ca/commodore-products/commodore-128-the-most-versatile-8-bit-computer-ever-made/ Commodore 128 – The Most Versatile 8-Bit Computer Ever Made - www.Commodore.ca]
* [http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/128_system_guide/toc.htm Commodore 128 System Guide / Owners Manual / Users Guide]
* [http://commodore128.mirkosoft.sk/index.html Commodore 128 Tips & Tricks]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/commodore_c128.html Commodore 128 - Old Home Computer Collection], [[The Spacious Mind]]
=References=
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[[FILE:Commodore-128.jpg|border|right|thumb| Commodore 128 <ref>The Commodore 128, Image by [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Evan-Amos Evan-Amos], December 27, 2011, [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en CC BY-SA 3.0], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_128 Commodore 128 from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Commodore 128''', (C128)<br/>
an 8-bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer home computer] released by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International Commodore Business Machines] in 1985 as significantly expanded successor of the [[Commodore 64]]. It was a two processor machine with 128 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte KiB] of [[Memory#RAM|RAM]], using a [[6502]] aka C64 compatible [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_8502 8502] processor, and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog Zilog] [[Z80]] CPU to run [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M CP/M] beside [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_BASIC Commodore BASIC]. An unusual feature of the C128 among CP/M systems is that some of the low-level [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS BIOS] routines are executed by the 8502 instead of the Z80. The latter transfers control to the 8502 after placing the pertinent parameter values in designated memory locations. The Z80 then turns itself off, being awakened by the 8502 at completion of the BIOS routine, with status value(s) available in RAM for inspection <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_128 Commodore 128 from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=Photos=
[[FILE:KempelenC128WMCCC1985.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px|link=WMCCC 1985#Video]]
[[WMCCC 1985]], [[Kempelen]] running on a [[Commodore 128]], operated by [[Gyula Horváth]] <ref>Screen Capture from [[WMCCC 1985#Video|Amsterdam 1985 Video]], 0:37 </ref>
=See also=
* [[Amiga]]
* [[Commodore 64]]
* [[The Final Chesscard]]
=Publications=
* [http://www.amazon.com/Ottis-R.-Cowper/e/B001KINS00 Ottis R. Cowper] ('''1986'''). ''Mapping the Commodore 128''. [http://www.devili.iki.fi/pub/Commodore/docs/books/Mapping_the_Commodore_128.pdf pdf]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_128 Commodore 128 from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.commodore.ca/commodore-products/commodore-128-the-most-versatile-8-bit-computer-ever-made/ Commodore 128 – The Most Versatile 8-Bit Computer Ever Made - www.Commodore.ca]
* [http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/128_system_guide/toc.htm Commodore 128 System Guide / Owners Manual / Users Guide]
* [http://commodore128.mirkosoft.sk/index.html Commodore 128 Tips & Tricks]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/commodore_c128.html Commodore 128 - Old Home Computer Collection], [[The Spacious Mind]]
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