RE: C16/Plus4

Hi,

I think I missed something....
I'll probably buy one on ebay to try

> * Great keyboard - lower profile than C64, much easier to type on. And
> it was about the only 8-bit Commodore machine that had cursor keys where
> they should be :-)

In 1984/1985 it was a problem, no room left to insert a quite large pal to SECAM interface.
At that time in France, PAL on TV was an expensive option...

Thanks all, I check on ebay :)

--
Didier


-----Message d'origine-----
De : owner-cbm-hackers@musoftware.de [mailto:owner-cbm-hackers@musoftware.de] De la part de Michal Pleban
Envoyé : lundi 31 octobre 2011 09:29
À : cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
Objet : Re: C16/Plus4

Hello!

W dniu 2011-10-31 08:22, Didier Derny pisze:

> 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). 

It was much easier to convert a SECAM television into a monitor (at
least with my East Germany produced Vela TV set) ;-)

The Plus/4 had really lots of positive sides:

* Great keyboard - lower profile than C64, much easier to type on. And
it was about the only 8-bit Commodore machine that had cursor keys where
they should be :-)

* Good to program - BASIC 3.5 allowed you to easily play with graphics,
sound etc. Plus BASIC programs could utilize almost full 64k of RAM.

* 121 colors :-P

* Smaller size.

* Interesting design, distinctive of dull breadboard cases of VIC-20 /
C64 / C16. Black hardware is cool ;-)

* Fast RS-232 (although still with TTL levels).

Regards,
Michau.

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