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| Commodore 16 serial
number EA5 331657 made in England. |
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| The Commodore
16 is part of the 264 series of machines which includes
the Plus/4. It was intended to replace the VIC 20
but was not compatible and those who wanted to upgrade
had probably already done so to the 64. It is in
effect a scaled-down version of the Plus/4 with
less memory and no built-in software. The joystick
and datasette ports are non-standard (even for Commodore!)
and the dedicated Commodore joysticks were poor.
Adaptors soon became available. It even managed
to look old fashioned with its black VIC 20 case.
The C16 was a commercial failure. |
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| The rear view
showing cartridge port, rf out (tv), the rf adjuster
blanked off, video out, serial port and cassette
port. |
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| Startup
screen. |
On the side are two
joystick ports (but not the standard Atari
type), a reset switch (at last), the on/off
switch and the power connector. This too is
not standard being single pin nine volts. |
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The C16 used an unusual
power pack for Commodore. I have found these
to be unreliable and, with only one still
working, I use a Sinclair ZX power supply
with mine. |
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C16s |
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| Serial EA5
163464 (England) |
Serial EA5
240201 (England) |
Serial EA5
331657 (England) |
| Case damaged
but works OK. |
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