Re: C16/Plus4

From: Gerrit Heitsch <*gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de*> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:39:26 +0100 Message-ID: <4EAE7ADE.8060405@laosinh.s.bawue.de> · gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de

On 10/31/2011 09:28 AM, Michał Pleban wrote:

> 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 :-)

Hm, I had a Plus/4 once but could never get used to the keyboard for 
some reason. Still prefered the C16 over it. The latter also had more 
internal space, allowing for better cooling and expansions.

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

That was easily remedied with a 74LS04 and a MAX232. Built such a 
converter back then and used the Plus/4 with a quick and very dirty hack 
as a terminal to talk to a 6502 based single board computer.

  Gerrit

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