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Thoughts: * The best single indicator of whether the photo was taken in the US/Canada/Germany or elsewhere is whether there is a disk drive next to the compute
by TMWNN 5y ago
Thoughts:
* The best single indicator of whether the photo was taken in the US/Canada/Germany or elsewhere is whether there is a disk drive next to the computer. Disk drive? Almost certainly US/Canada/Germany. Datasette with no disk drive? Likely somewhere else.
* The person with his feet up on the desk in photo 12 is watching TV. The Commodore 1701/1702 monitor is still prized today because of its excellent picture quality, including chroma/luma input from a Commodore 64 or 128. The box on the monitor that resembles a PCjr is a TV tuner box.
* Photo 9 shows a Commodore 1571 drive, designed for the Commodore 128, with the 64. When used with the 64 the 1571 is no faster than the 1541, but at least is not susceptible to the latter's head-knocking and inevitable alignment issues.
* Conversely, as discussed elsewhere, photo 15 shows a 128 being used with the Commodore 1541 drive. The 1541 is fully compatible with the 128 in 64 mode, but in 128 mode isn't compatible with the latter's burst mode or double-sided disks.