RE: C16/Plus4

Thanks all for your answer,

What I saw of these machines was really negative, perhaps due to the amount of modifications 
Needed to convert them to SECAM (It was hell for the C64). I also left the company early 1985,
Perhaps that they had a second life I was not aware of (I never saw these machines in sell,
when C64 when sold by many chops).

I never saw a C128 but (on the paper) I found this machine more interesting than the ted series.

I worked mainly on the CBM8032-CBM8296 series

I thought that the ted series was just unfinished prototypes.

>
>Besides, it is really not much fun anymore playing with machines that
>everyone knows and has every bit of them well documented. But playing
>with machines that are little known, that is really interesting.
>

That's also why I'm trying to write a CBM emulator / hardware with a small number of chips.

Have fun :)

--
Didier





-----Message d'origine-----
De : owner-cbm-hackers@musoftware.de [mailto:owner-cbm-hackers@musoftware.de] De la part de Steve Gray
Envoyé : lundi 31 octobre 2011 03:20
À : cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
Objet : Re: C16/Plus4

>From: Michał Pleban <lists@michau.name>
>To: cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
>Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 6:58:37 PM
>Subject: Re: C16/Plus4
>
>Besides, it is really not much fun anymore playing with machines that
>everyone knows and has every bit of them well documented. But playing
>with machines that are little known, that is really interesting.
>
>(that said, I'm waiting for my P500 to arrive tomorrow ;-) )

I would venture to say the P500 may be the least understood Commodore 8-bit machine. It had so much potential; VIC-II, SID, IEEE, BASIC4+, 128K ram, RS-232, excellent keyboard, great expandability, and it's one of the nicest looking.  Enjoy, and let us know what you discover.
 
Steve
 
PS: The C65 gives it a good run for the money but I'd say more people know about the C65 due to the documentation that was released and the extra interest the machine had. Mention a P500 and even knowledgable Commodore people might not have heard of it.

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