I changed my 64 for one of these back in 86. Whilst I liked the BASIC, the plus 4 never had the same aura as the former
@techdept
11 ай бұрын
I think if the C64 could have met the graphics capabilities of the Plus 4, it would have been a fantastic machine.
@penfold7800
3 ай бұрын
...also, with all those vents on the bottom, they werent thinking much about spilt office tea either. Its a mirracle some of these survived.
@jamesdecross1035
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I broke a couple of keys, too. Thankfully, I had a spare machine to get two others up and running. Job done!
@andygozzo72
Жыл бұрын
nice, if you ever get a spare INS/DEL keycap plus spring and plunger for these, that you dont want , let me know, i have a plus 4 thats missing its one ...
@joelawford5107
Жыл бұрын
Good luck finding some new keys! That mouse mat needs a good clean too!
@coffeeshangarworkshop8051
Жыл бұрын
Howdy Joe! Perhaps a fresh new one sent over would clean up those free product promos. ;)
@techdept
Жыл бұрын
Actually I found the specific keys I needed and they’re in great condition. Now I just have to rely on the post!
@penfold7800
3 ай бұрын
I wonder if they were trying unnecesarily to compete with the Sinclair ZXSpectrum and the impending (not very successful) Dragon 32 and SAMcoupe? Sinclair tried to do the Home Computer=Home Office too with the QL. That didnt work out well either.
@3vi1J
Жыл бұрын
I can't believe this machine strayed so far from the original vision and price-point. If I recall correctly, this started as a perfectly reasonable attempt to take Sinclair's market in Europe yet somehow went totally off-course and released years after it would have been a success. One of Commodore's many puzzling missteps of the 80's. :( Thanks for sharing - subscribed!
@techdept
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the Ted range of Commodore machines were odd. The C16 made a little sense maybe, but the plus/4 was never going to be a great business machine. On the plus side the Ted chip was incredibly advanced for its time, cramming the video and audio onto single package to save money and yet at the same time proving very capable compared to the Vic 2 for example. The joke at commodore for these machine was ‘at least we’ve made the in black, ready for their funeral.’
@matthiasbreiter4177
Жыл бұрын
I agree. When the "small" version, C16 (which was physically larger), got offered at Aldi Supermarket for a lowered price in Germany, a run on the machine started which even let to a local market of software vendors, a magazine and even forcing Commodore to build more C16s - despite the intent was to discontinue the machine.
@jamesdecross1035
Жыл бұрын
Interesting tip on cleaning the carbon pads. I didn't know that one.
@techdept
Жыл бұрын
It’s great right! I can’t claim credit for coming up with it, but it does work really nicely.
@Mr.1.i
4 ай бұрын
Bill herd days it was the raspberry pi of its day....im not being funny but that ic count is higher than a spectrum
@tcfs
2 ай бұрын
Yeah, the presence of the "User Port" made the computer suitable for basic connection and controlling of external industrial hardware. Back in the time I created a software to animate an industrial robot with controlling its pneumatic valves.
@Mr.1.i
2 ай бұрын
@tcfs pressing the help key or one of the other function key to get the built in software to run was as about the only thing my plus 4 ever did
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