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Still working on photos from our trip to Colorado. This is a big view of the Commodore Mine that is on the Bachelor Historical Loop Tour in Creede, Colorado.
12/2022 - Commodore, PA
Corman recently had a rail train on the property dropping new CWR at the Commodore Loop to replace the stick rail. This old piece of rail is marked Lackawanna 1927. Speculation was that the new rail may have come from the Kiski Junction Railroad but that rail went to the South Kansas & Oklahoma RR.
121005-N-AI329-006 Columbia, Md. (October 5, 2012 ) MUC Luis Hernandez performs on tenor saxophone during a concert at Howard County Community College in Columbia, Md. The Commodores are the Navy's premier jazz ensemble. (U.S. Navy photo by Musician First Class Jeremy Buckler/Released)
Tiny reverse porro binocular with dim image from its tiny objectives and 2mm exit pupil. Funky though!
Usable with Spectacles =No
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120605-N-AI329-062 WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 5, 2012) MUC Luis Hernandez solos on tenor saxophone during a Commodores concert at the Navy Memorial in downtown Washington, D.C. The Commodores are the Navy's premier jazz ensemble.(U.S. Navy Photo by MU1 Jeremy Buckler/Released)
Fabian Coulthard/david Besnard Holden Commodore finished 23rd at the 2012 Supercheap Autos Bathurst 1000.
Not one of Commodore's better ideas, but from memory it had a few good games. I look forward to seeing what the kids think.
Interior of 1935 Hudson Commodore Eight 2-door coupe convertible, 219 cu in/3.6 litre straight 8 engine, Reg.CGC991 at the Bristol American Classic Car Show, Keynsham Rugby Club, Somerset, 24 July 2025.
Stairs and a retaining wall are practically all that remain of The Commodore Hotel in Swan Lake, NY.
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Welcome to the fifth of the ongoing series of exclusive photos here at Armchair Arcade from my private collection, the Commodore SX-64 Executive Computer from 1984.
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The full-size image.
Without further ado, here are some neat facts about this week's photo (feedback welcome!):
With the Commodore 64 (C-64) beginning to gain momentum after its release in 1982 due to agressive pricing, highly capable graphics and sound, and mass market appeal, Commodore began looking for ways to expand the platform. One of these was the Commodore 128 series of backwards compatible systems that increased the power of the original 8-bit platform, while another was a late life game-centric system called the Commodore 64GS that never saw release in the US. Besides the classic breadbox design of the original C-64, Commodore also released a repackaging with a sleeker case called the C-64c. Perhaps the most conceptually intriguing of these original C-64 offshoots though was the transportable system shown in the photo, the SX-64 Executive Computer, released in early 1984 less than two years after the original breadbox design. While this transportable system could not run on batteries, it was otherwise self-contained, requiring just a power cord and AC outlet. As seen in the photo, and truly important to a system such as the C-64, the built-in monitor is color, making this one of the first ever transportables with a color screen.
With its built-in 5.25" disk drive and cartridge port, the SX-64 was able to run all but cassette-based software. While the system had most of the C-64's standard ports, including a display output, it lacked a cassette interface. Unlike in Europe, the US quickly moved away from the cassette format so this was not a serious omission here, but the fact that the SX-64 was marketed as a business system was. While the C-64 platform had a huge range of productivity software, it was hardly an ideal business system, particularly with its slow disk drives. Nevertheless, taken out of its original marketing plan and into today's world of collectibles, the system is highly sought after as an easily transportable complete C-64. Add a standard Atari joystick or two as shown in the photo, and you're pretty much good to go with the vast majority of software.
While the system is highly collectible and often sells for well north of $100, a latch or two is often broken and sometimes the keyboard cable is missing. My particular system shown here is fairly pristine, save for some minor scratching on the plexiglass outer covering of the monitor and the fact that some keyboard keys require a bit of effort to press and suffer "bounce", i.e., a single press will often generate a few extra characters. I have another SX-64 that I'll need to test to see if I can cobble together a 100% perfect system, but again, if you're going to collect this system, keep in mind the keyboard can be an issue and finding a replacement is very difficult. Actually, what you will often see are the keyboards without the cable, so strike when you can in the various scenarios.
The screen itself is very sharp and the C-64's fine graphics pop when shrunk on that screen. Sound is nice and clear and just like the various monitor settings is fully adjustable with dials to the right of the disk drive. Unlike stand-alone 1541 disk drives, the way the drive is packed in, noise is greatly reduced. All-in-all, it's a very quiet, very efficient system.
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Commodore's classic systems and many others are mentioned in my upcoming book, along with exhaustive looks at many other systems. Be sure to keep visiting Armchair Arcade for ongoing coverage as well. See you next time!
Found on the side of the road. Oddly, I found it minutes after saying that I wish I had a C64. Well, halfway there, I guess.
The games are Music Machine, Kick Man, Rad Racer, and Koala Painter. All of the cords on the controllers and the Koala pad are cut, for some reason. No cables.
The Roosevelt Hotel
45 East 45th Street
Madison Avenue at 45th Street
New York, NY 10017
The 45th Street entrance
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Construction on the 1,100 room Roosevelt Hotel was completed in 1924. The $12,000,000 hotel occupied an entire block. The hotel was developed as part of Terminal City, a complex of four palatial hotels and offices connected to Grand Central Terminal and all owned by The New York State Realty and Terminal Company a division of The New York Central Railroad.
The other three hotels were the New York Biltmore Hotel (now known as 335 Madison Avenue), the Commodore Hotel (now the Grand Hyatt New York) and the Belmont (now demolished).
All four had similar designs of indented light courts above a low-rise base and dark red and brown brick facades and underground connections directly to the lobby of Grand Central Station. Upon opening the Roosevelt Hotel was operated by United Hotels headed by Frank A. Dudley. Dudley also built among others the President in Kansas City and the Ten Eyck Hotel in Albany.
The Roosevelt was the first hotel in New York City to have street level shops - the shops were expected to offset the revenue losses due to the Prohibition.
George B. Post & Sons (architects of original structure) also designed the New York Stock Exchange and the Wisconsin State Capital.
The hotel's namesake was the 26th president of the U.S., Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
The hotels facade consists of antique French marble and limestone reflecting Colonial American Architecture.
The hotel's most elaborately appointed area is the Palm Room - a two story oval shaped tearoom, canopied by a 28-foot high sky mural and encircled by a dozen stately marbleized pillars.
A vintage relief of Teddy Roosevelt cast in bronze has stood watch over the main lobby since the 1920's.
At its opening the hotel offered child care facilities known as the teddy bear club and had radios in every guest room. The hotel also had Turkish baths and a small hospital complete with an operating room.
Guy Lombardo and his orchestra performed their first show the Roosevelt Grill on Oct 3, 1929 and continued to play there until 1959. It was at the Grill that he first broadcast what would become a famous New Year’s Eve tradition, playing of Auld Lang Syne.
According to the Roosevelt web site The Roosevelt Hotel has appeared in several major motion pictures, including The Boiler Room, Wall Street, Quiz Show, Presumed Innocent, Malcolm X, Monday Night Mayhem, The French Connection, Hanky Panky, Maid in Manhattan, The Hoax and 1408.
Through the years The Roosevelt had several fine restaurants including the Colonial Room, Madison Club Lounge, the Roosevelt Grill and Rough Rider Room cocktail lounge. By 1961, the Rib Room and Club Car were very popular.
On March 4th, 1929 United Hotels merged with the Bowman-Biltmore Group operators of the Belmont, Biltmore and Commodore Hotels.
It was said the pride of the Bowman-Biltmore hotel system was Manhattan's Biltmore Hotel and the pride of the United Hotels chain was Manhattan's Roosevelt. The next-door neighbors became financial companions upon the merger of Bowman-Biltmore-United Hotels that created a hotel chain with more than 100 hotels.
In December 1934 Bowman-Biltmore filed for bankruptcy and an affiliate of New York Central - The Realty Hotel Group took control of The Roosevelt along with the Biltmore, Commodore and the Barclay.
According to Conrad Hilton's book "Be My Guest" he made up his mind to purchase The Roosevelt Hotel in 1948 "because it's a fine hotel and the lobby reminded him of the vast open spaces of San Antonio". Following Hilton's purchase of the Statler Hotel chain in 1957 (which included the New York Statler ). The United States Justice Department (dealing with the new anti-trust laws) forced Hilton to sell The Roosevelt in New York.
By 1957 the Roosevelt belonged to the Hotel Corporation of America (now known as Sonesta International Hotels).
In 1968 The New York Central Railroad merged with The Pennsylvania Railroad forming Penn-Central who now ran the Realty Group.
In 1978 all the hotel assets of The Penn Central Corporation (formerly New York Central Railroad) which operated four Grand Central City hotels through their Realty Hotel Group were ordered to be sold by a bankruptcy judge. The Barclay, The Biltmore, and The Roosevelt were sold to Lowes Corporation in a bid process. In 1978 Lowes quickly sold the Roosevelt to the Paul Milstein Group who partnered with King Faisal.
Pakistan International Airlines Investment Limited (PIAL) was incorporated on 10 September 1977 in Sharjah, UAE, as a limited company under a decree issued by HRH Prince Faisal Bin Khalid Bin Abdul Aziz and is currently registered in British Virgin Islands. The Holding Company (PIAC) interest in PIAIL is 99%.
In February 1979, the Roosevelt Hotel, New York, was leased by Letoh Associates (Paul Milstein & family) to Roosevelt Hotel Corporation N. V. (RHC), a 100% subsidiary of PIAIL, for an initial period of 30 years.
The Milstein lease gave Pakistan Airlines an option to purchase the freehold in 1999 and for a period of four years thereafter for a sum of US$ $36.5 million escalating at around 2% per annum up to US$ 39.6 million in the year 2003. Pakistan Airlines successfully exercised its right to purchase the freehold and on April 08, 1999, the title of the Roosevelt Hotel was transferred by Letoh Associates (Milstein Family) to the Roosevelt Hotel Corporation N.V. (Pakistan International Airlines).
Pakistan International Airlines closed the Roosevelt in 1995 and reopened in 1997 after a $65-million extensive renovation.
In 1999 Pakistan International Airlines and Prince Faisal of Saudia Arabia won a major battle against Paul Milstein family partnership over the purchase of the Roosevelt Hotel.
The Milstein family leased the Roosevelt Hotel to the Roosevelt Hotel Corporation in 1979 with the irrevocable option to purchase the hotel for $36 million. Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented the Roosevelt Hotel Corporation in the preparation of the original lease/sale agreement. When the Roosevelt Hotel Corporation exercised its option to buy, the Milstein’s demanded an additional $23 million to satisfy mortgage indebtedness. The Roosevelt Hotel Corporation filed suit claiming breach of contract.
Justice Gammerman ruled that the purchase contract clearly stated that the Roosevelt Hotel Corporation was entitled to a fixed-price purchase of $36 million for the hotel, and was not responsible for $23 million in mortgage indebtedness as the Milstein's had claimed.
In a 2003 press release the Roosevelt hotel's general manager David Bird commented “Our owners have been involved with this property for more than 25 years and remain dedicated to the hotel and being part of New York City, “Over the last two decades, the owners have weathered the ups and downs in the hotel market. Currently, the travel industry continues to experience one of the worse declines in recent history. However, our
owners are committed for the long term, at a time when others may have recently given up hope on a successful hotel ownership in the city.”
For the Pakistan Government the Roosevelt Hotel incurred losses from 1979 to 1997. It was renovated from July 1995 to April 1997 after which it started making profits. Again losses were incurred after 9/11. For the first time a dividend was paid in 2007.
In 2007 the Pakistan Senate debated over the privatization of the Roosevelt Hotel. Some wanted the hotel sold to raise funds for buying additional passenger airplanes for Pakistan International Airlines. Others wanted to continue owning the profitable hotel and likened its privatization to selling the family silver.
On September 14, 2007 a meeting of Pakistan's Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production was held at the Parliament House, Islamabad. It was voted not to sell the hotel.
Pakistan International Airlines also own the Hôtel Scribe in Paris, which is managed by Sofitel.
Pakistan International Airlines has contracted with Interstate Hotels & Resorts to manage the hotel. The General Manager is John Trovato as of 2011. Trovato has worked with Interstate Hotels and Resorts since 1981. Trovato previously was the general manager at the San Francisco Marriott Fisherman's Wharf.
For 1980 this turbo six Commodore was offered in the aftermarket. It says a maximum of 85 will be built per month. I have no idea if they came close to this goal.
...with my RS-232 interface on user port (left) and uIEC SD card interface (right) from Retro Innovations - really cool device - all your D64 images on one solid state mass storage device. Together with JiffyDos takes your old C64 to the 21st century :-)