| Posted By
Spector
on 2004-10-23
17:50:53
|  C16 memory expansion
I see that the commodore16.com website is taking orders for a new C16 memory expansion interface that will give the machine the same memory as the plus4. In a way I wish I had a C16 now, because I would have bought one (the C16 is what I had back in 1984).
This prompts me to ask a couple of questions...
Is a C16 with 64K memory the same as a Commodore plus4 in capabilities (if we forget about the business applications the plus4 has)? Or are there other differences between the machines?
Was a memory expansion pack available twenty years ago when the machine first came out, and how much did it cost?
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Posted By
JamesC
on 2004-10-23
19:48:15
| Re: C16 memory expansion
Spector, the Plus/4 would still be superior in my opinion because you can always remove the built-in application's ROMs and substiture something else.... LOGO, Script/Plus, etc., and not tie up the cartridge port.
Otherwise, the C16 or 116 with 64k expansion should be identical to a Plus/4.
To my knowledge, all US-located memory expansions were imported from Europe. I have never seen an advertisement here in the States for a memory expansion, unless it was in a magazine that came from Europe.
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Posted By
Rachy
on 2004-10-24
05:19:34
| Re: C16 memory expansion
@James C
"Otherwise, the C16 or 116 with 64k expansion should be identical to a Plus/4."
No, not exactly. There are hardware differences apart from the built in ROM interface what you also mentioned. For example Plus/4 has a User port (RS-232), while C16 does not.
Anyway if we were talking about the software side then the expansion is enough for any program to run.
@Spector
"Was a memory expansion pack available twenty years ago when the machine first came out, and how much did it cost?"
Yes there was, at least I know 3rd party developments. I used to have an expansion board for my C16, it was built by a hungarian company. Its price was 1/8 of the original machine's price. (Which was huge money for me back then...  )
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Posted By
Gaia
on 2004-10-24
05:37:12
| Re: C16 memory expansion
I bought my C16 memory expansion around 1987 for about 1500 Hungarian Forints which at that time was roughly 18 British Pounds. I can't judge if it was a lot of money in the UK back then, it was definitely a lot for me  (the whole C16 costed about 8000, that is, about 95 Pounds at the end of 1985).
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Posted By
MIK
on 2004-10-24
07:08:57
 | Re: C16 memory expansion
Gaia, This is about the only price guide I can think of for at the moment for UK. You did well, we payed around double the price for memory and £40 more for a C16.
That will be the TAX man.
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Posted By
Gaia
on 2004-10-24
08:07:01
| Re: C16 memory expansion
Wow! That's a rip-off Well, Hungary was much cheaper back then, partly because we did not have VAT! It was introduced in 1988 only!
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