Commodore 16? Is that a typo? Nope, the Commodore 16 was part of the TED/264 series by Commodore. Released in 1984, this was the direct replacement for the Vic-20, and the Plus/4 was aimed to be an ‘intro-level’ 64K computer. Prices were to be $49 and $99 respectively. Unfortunately, at this time Jack Tramiel left Commodore and took over Atari, and someone thought it would be a good idea to market the C16 for $99, and the Plus/4 at $299 for the business crowd (it had a very poor word processor, spreadsheet, etc, built in – hence the name Plus/4). With no compatibility with the cheaper Commodore 64, it tanked miserably. However, it had some minor success in Europe, and quite a bit of success in eastern block countries (such as East Germany, Hungary, etc) as the prices were close to nothing as Commodore offloaded its stock. These countries spent a lot of time converting Commodore 64 and Spectrum games to it. I have a Plus/4, but my keyboard is a bit wonky on it, and I like the look/feel of the C16 better. So I thought I’d perform the very simple task of upgrading it to 64K. It wasn’t so simple.
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