Posted By
Gaia
on 2012-08-29
16:43:59
|  Commodore search engine
Just found this...
http://search.cbm8bit.com/?advanced=1
Looks thrilling. Note that +4W is also crawled, yay!
On a totally unrelated note... I was reading the German CHIP magazine's C64 special the other day
CHIP.de
and it appears that the C16/+4 was (were?) actually Commodore's 3rd best selling home computer after all... the two combined sold an estimated more than half a million units.
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Posted By
retroscener
on 2012-08-29
17:58:31
 | Re: Commodore search engine
Very nice search engine. Bookmarked 
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Posted By
crock
on 2012-08-29
18:09:18
 | Re: Commodore search engine
I haven't read the article but I'd be curious to see how CHIP interpreted the figures.
Much as I love my 264's, I would have placed it 5th behind the the C64/Amiga/C128 & VIC20.
Rob
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Posted By
Csabo
on 2012-08-29
19:19:59
| Re: Commodore search engine
Oh, I thought this was known Shane (the site's admin) contacted me back in January to make sure it was OK to crawl Plus/4 World (which of course is fine).
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Posted By
MIK
on 2012-08-30
03:20:17
 | Re: Commodore search engine
Maybe it is time for a dedicated website LINKS page.
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Posted By
bubis
on 2012-08-30
04:27:13
| Re: Commodore search engine
Yeah, why don't we have Links page on Plus/4 World?
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Posted By
Chronos
on 2012-08-30
05:44:33
 | Re: Commodore search engine
great stuff thx!
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Posted By
Litwr
on 2012-08-30
09:05:04
| Re: Commodore search engine
It is strange that information about C16/116 production is still not available. I've only found that about 400000 c+4 were produced.
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Posted By
MMS
on 2012-08-30
12:05:02
 | Re: Commodore search engine
maybe to check the highest serialnumber visible on the typeplate
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Posted By
Gaia
on 2012-08-30
16:33:58
| Re: Commodore search engine
crock: apologies, I was being superficial. The article talks about the sales in Germany only... so that makes "us" the 3rd most popular C= machine in DE only (excuse some demagogism here please  ).
For what it's worth... at least we know that _minimum_ 570 thousand were produced. We can add a few ten thousands across North-America and other countries (Hungary, Italy for example).
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Posted By
MIK
on 2012-08-31
02:19:52
| Re: Commodore search engine
Everyone that says the 264 was a failure needs a kick up the rear. The masses still think it was... their loss. 
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Posted By
retroscener
on 2012-08-31
04:20:57
| Re: Commodore search engine
I know what you mean. Failure my eye.
Is that why computer game shops and major chain stores were stocking and selling the latest game titles for 3-4 years with constant support by computer magazines?
That's quite a long time for a failure.
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Posted By
Degauss
on 2012-08-31
06:48:25
| Re: Commodore search engine
If just these figures were true. I think its weird the plus/4 was sold the exact amount of times as c16/c116. Hate me, but I'd bet 286500 was the amount of sold units for the entire 264 series. It'd sound more realistic to me.
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Posted By
MIK
on 2012-09-02
02:59:57
| Re: Commodore search engine
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Posted By
crock
on 2013-01-14
18:46:05
| Re: Commodore search engine
(Edit: Comment removed)
Both my parents are in their 70's and are on the internet every day. Also, as I think I posted on my bio when I joined +4w, I worked at Commodore's UK headquarters in Weldon during one of my summer holidays, either in '85 or '86, and I'm "only" 41.
Admittedly I was only about 16 at the time but many of those working there were fairly young, so there is plenty of people still living in Corby (nearest large town) in their 40's and 50's who will remember working at Commodore as it was one of the larger employers in town. My parents and two sisters still live in the area and know people who worked there.
Production had already stopped when I was there but I know that there was at least two separate production lines in operation for the plus/4 alone. We could probably get a rough idea from the lowest and highest serial numbers for each of the prefixes (EA4, EA5, DA1, CA1 etc.) Did anyone ever set up a registry for 264 serial numbers?
From the dozen or so 264's I have, I guess there was around 600k to 700k worldwide.
Rob
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Posted By
Hans
on 2012-09-01
08:14:48
| Re: Commodore search engine / Commodore Weldon plant
Hi crock,
that's very interesting what you told about the Commodore plant in Weldon. Do you remember how many people were employed there when you were in your job (a summer vacation job, I guess?).
It's of great interest to know how many Commodore facilities were spread all over Europe. We had one in Germany as well. I con't know, however, whether they did more than final assembling. At least, my Plus/4 machines are labelled "Made in Western Germany". My C64-I has been made in England.
BTW: Isn't there a famous racetrack near to Corby? What's the name - Rockham or else...
Regards,
Hans.
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Posted By
crock
on 2012-09-01
09:26:36
| Re: Commodore search engine
@Hans - yes, it was a summer job between my 'O' and 'A' levels. Commodore were already winding down when I was there. At its peak, I think there was around 600 people there. You're right, the race track is called the Rockingham Speedway and you can hear it from my parents house which is several miles away!
Here is a link to a little map showing my old house, the still existing Commodore factory (now KwikFit) and the Rockingham Speedway. http://goo.gl/maps/UZfRk
If you use the streetview, you can just see the factory through the trees. It still has the red and blue colour scheme.
Rob
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Posted By
Hans
on 2012-09-01
11:31:21
| Re: Commodore search engine / Commodore Weldon plant
Rob, Thank you for the map link. Now, we also know from where Commodore obtained the bits & pieces: RS Components is just at the other side of the street
The Weldon plant obviously was the place where my C64 (breadbox type) was given birth...
Thank you & Regards,
Hans.
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Posted By
MIK
on 2012-09-02
03:01:40
| Re: Commodore search engine
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