Posted By
Chicken
on 2016-02-14
15:59:27
 |  Re: Commodore 16 price at 1986
Which Wikipedia writes that? It's definitely false information. C16s were available in Germany in 1986, 1987 and 1988. Not only was the C16 the first "Aldi-Computer" ever, those starter sets including a datasette and a BASIC course were also available at other store chains in that time frame. My elder brother got his in 1986 or 1987. The price at that time for the set was 149,00 DM. The plus/4 set (which was the second "Aldi-Computer") was 229,00 DM.
You haven't mentioned the plus/4, it was available as well. Computer store chains like "Vobis" sold it in the mid and late 80s (and in the very early 90s). Mail-order companies sold the plus/4 in the early 90s, too. It was advertised in probably every 64'er magazines of that time.
C64 is a different story. It was available even longer … Despite Amigas and Atari STs it was quite popular especially in the eastern part of Germany.
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