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NAME |
C16 - C116 |
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MANUFACTURER |
Commodore |
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TYPE |
Home Computer |
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ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
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YEAR |
1984 |
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BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
Commodore BASIC 3.5 - Built-in machine code monitor (12 commands) |
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KEYBOARD |
66 keys with 4 function keys and 4 cursor keys |
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CPU |
7501 |
|
SPEED |
0.89 MHz or 1.76 MHz |
|
COPROCESSOR |
VIC-II (video & sound) |
|
RAM |
16 KB (12 KB free for user) |
|
ROM |
32 KB |
|
TEXT MODES |
40 chars. x 25 lines |
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GRAPHIC MODES |
320 x 200 / 320 x 160 (with 5 lines of text) / 160 x 200 / 160 x 160 (with 5 lines of text) |
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COLORS |
121 (15 colors x 8 luminance + black) |
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SOUND |
two channels; 4 octaves + white noise |
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SIZE / WEIGHT |
40.7 (W) x 20.4 (D) x 7.7 (H) cm |
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I/O PORTS |
Tape, Cartridge, Joystick (2), serial, Composite Video, TV |
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BUILT IN MEDIA |
Cassette unit. Provision for 5.25 |
|
OS |
ROM Based |
|
PRICE |
Ј129.99 (C16 starter pack) |
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Commodore C-16
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Commodore C-16
The Commodore 16/116 belongs to the Commodore 264 series (with the Commodore Plus/4). It was designed to replace the Commodore VIC-20, but it was not compatible with the VIC-20, or with the C-64. It had the same characteristics as the Commodore Plus/4: same graphic resolution, same sound system, same CPU and speed, just less memory. It featured a version of the original 6502 CPU named 7501, and |
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a new video chip named TED. With 16
colors, and 16 shades of colors, it had an amazing
128 colors available. But it had no hardware sprites like the ones on the VIC II chip, so animated games and collision detection were very hard to do. It has a powerful Basic language (contrary to the VIC-20 or the C-64), which makes graphics and sounds easy to program. The C-16, like the Commodore Plus/4 was a commercial failure and had no success. It seems that the first C16s had the two control ports labeled JOY 0 and JOY 1 instead of JOY 1 and JOY 2. Note that as well as the C116, the C16 lacks a user port. Final assembly was done in Mexico by a company named Sigma. |