Posted By
MMS
on 2016-02-14
16:21:25
 |  Re: Commodore 16 price at 1986
I think there is a misunderstanding there: Mr.Traimler WANTED to have C116 as a $49computer to compete with ZX Spectrums. But he was fired before the release of the computer, and the new management made a very expensive computer from the very cheap one. And the they could not sell it
The package was not attactive enough for the businessmen, and not attractive for the gamers too.
(I think they never had a real business package: bigger houseing 364 with Numeric keyboard, 1551 + a serious business SW from floppy: sound more attractive, more business like computer. 128K or 256K RAM capability would make it more professional too (like REU for C64, GEOS) )
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