[cctalk] Re: Commodore Hyperion was Re: First non-IBM PC-DOS Compatible PC
On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 1:09 PM Santo Nucifora via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Sellam, > > Bo Zimmerman at Zimmers.net has a picture of one here: > > http://www.zimmers.net/commie/canonical.php?UPTOP=PC+Series=1=PC-3052 > > Here is one booting up on Youtube: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFnPXH1Fy5w > > The quality is not great for either of them and there are no internal > pictures, unfortunately. I don't know if it's the same one but it looks > like the front mold was changed so there must have been more than one. > > The deal with Commodore/Hyperion was reported to be in 1984. The > Commodore Colt came out in 1984. From what I've read, Commodore was trying > to buy a PC before they started making their own. It would not be a leap > for them to use what they learned from the 100% DOS compatible Hyperion to > make the Colt because if they were working on the Colt, they wouldn't have > needed the Hyperion. I missed that Commodore re-badged the Hyperion. I was confusing "Dynalogic" (the company) with Hyperion (their portable computer model). A Commodore re-badged Hyperion is definitely something I've never seen. Pretty interesting. Sellam
[cctalk] Re: Commodore Hyperion was Re: First non-IBM PC-DOS Compatible PC
Sellam, Bo Zimmerman at Zimmers.net has a picture of one here: http://www.zimmers.net/commie/canonical.php?UPTOP=PC+Series=1=PC-3052 Here is one booting up on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFnPXH1Fy5w The quality is not great for either of them and there are no internal pictures, unfortunately. I don't know if it's the same one but it looks like the front mold was changed so there must have been more than one. The deal with Commodore/Hyperion was reported to be in 1984. The Commodore Colt came out in 1984. From what I've read, Commodore was trying to buy a PC before they started making their own. It would not be a leap for them to use what they learned from the 100% DOS compatible Hyperion to make the Colt because if they were working on the Colt, they wouldn't have needed the Hyperion. All speculation on my part as there is not a lot of information on this out there. Santo On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 3:56 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 12:39 PM Santo Nucifora via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 3:04 PM db via cctalk > > wrote: > > > > That is very interesting. I've seen Commodore Hyperion's in the same > case > > but with the molded "Commodore" brand instead of "Hyperion" but figured > > they were just rebranded Hyperions. Would you happen to know if those > were > > the 100% compatible versions? > > > > I know Commodore bought the rights but ended up making their own PCs that > > turned into Commodore's PC line and the Hyperion design disappeared. I'm > > wondering if they may have used the 100% compatible Hyperion internals > for > > their models? > > > Are the Commodore Colts the line acquired from Hyperion or their own > design? > > I don't believe I've ever seen a Commodore-badged Hyperion. > > Sellam >
[cctalk] Re: Commodore Hyperion was Re: First non-IBM PC-DOS Compatible PC
On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 12:39 PM Santo Nucifora via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 3:04 PM db via cctalk > wrote: > > That is very interesting. I've seen Commodore Hyperion's in the same case > but with the molded "Commodore" brand instead of "Hyperion" but figured > they were just rebranded Hyperions. Would you happen to know if those were > the 100% compatible versions? > > I know Commodore bought the rights but ended up making their own PCs that > turned into Commodore's PC line and the Hyperion design disappeared. I'm > wondering if they may have used the 100% compatible Hyperion internals for > their models? Are the Commodore Colts the line acquired from Hyperion or their own design? I don't believe I've ever seen a Commodore-badged Hyperion. Sellam
