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From: wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C-16 (?) info request
Summary: The answers to this any many questions...
Message-ID: <2630@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 2 May 89 18:00:18 GMT
References: <5358@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
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In article <5358@hubcap.clemson.edu>, quirk%citron.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (Christine Reynolds) writes:
> A friend is trying to locate spare parts or software for a C-16.
> I have never heard of this machine.  Can anyone provide any info?

I tried to Email this, but it bounced:
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The C-16 was the "baby brother" of the PLUS/4.  They were the first two
Commodore computers completely compatible with each other.  The only
difference was that the PLUS/4 had a word processor, spreadsheet, and
database in ROM (Very poor implementations, I might add) and had 60K of user
memory (the C-16 had 12k).  They had Basic 4.0 instead of the VIC/C-64's
2.0.

The serial bus and the video outputs are the same as the VIC/C64/C128, but
the user port is slightly different, and a unique joystick and cassette
unit were used.  Commercial C-64, etc. software is completely
incompatible.  Commodore published a few programs for them; very few
third-party outlets picked up the gauntlet.  One that did was Academy
Software, PO Box 9403, San Rafael CA 94912.  They published a C-16/PLUS-4
version of their instrument flight simulator.  They might still have a few
copies left.

As for repairs and replacement parts, forget it.  Actually, the C-16
keyboard has appeared on the surplus market, but I doubt if anyplace
handles repairs.  If your friend is gonna throw out his C-16, let me
know... I have a small collection of old CBM machines, and my C-16 is inop.
I'll pay for postage to ship it to me...

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