Posted By
JamesD
on 2016-09-19
18:06:21
|  Re: Is the Plus/4 more advanced then the 64?
The TED was targeted at inexpensive machines like the ZX-81, TS-1000, Spectrum, MC-10, VZ200, etc...
It was supposed to be for the 116.
Then someone decided to pitch it at business... but without a substantial upgrade, and with meh built in software. By the time the TED machines came out, the C64 had dropped in price and skyrocketed in popularity.
Release the 116 worldwide at the target price and the intended competition craps a brick.
Release the Plus/4 at too high a price with too lofty goals and little more to offer and everyone calls it the Minus 4.
Really, I like the Plus/4 more than the C64 because of the better BASIC, more colors, faster CPU, and built in DOS commands. But begging it to be compared to the C64 by pricing the Plus/4 the same without some unique niche feature was silicon suicide.
Keep in mind the machines were selling once they were priced cheaper. But Commodore needed production facilities to keep up with demand for the C64 so they dropped the TED line.
*edit*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPD5N43VIsk
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