Comments on: Commodore Plus 4 and Commodore 16 https://dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-plus-4-commodore-16/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commodore-plus-4-commodore-16 David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sat, 05 Jul 2025 23:16:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Farquhar https://dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-plus-4-commodore-16/#comment-45606 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 19:39:57 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7373#comment-45606 In reply to Benjamin Schmitt.

Awesome. That sounds like Commodore. Especially if they wasted an inordinate amount of money on the single-sided board.

]]> By: Benjamin Schmitt https://dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-plus-4-commodore-16/#comment-45579 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:03:23 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7373#comment-45579 One additional note: When planning the C16, Commodore actually had some weird ideas about cost savings: According to Bil Herd, their first idea was to put cheap single sided PCBs inside the C16. But apparently they encountered technical issues, so they had to cancel that plan and switched back to ordinary double sided PCBs.

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