Commodore 128 Announcement 1985

Commodore 128 Announcement from 1985

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• 128
• Announcement

[cauffin]

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[1dosucol1]

Bare hands touching electronic components,how times have changed !

[justaguythinking]

i bought a commodore 128 when i was a kid, my first computer. great machine but not much native 128 software, mostly for c64 mode, and the cp/m mode was virtually useless.

[Thunderblade64]

Jack would never have approved this machine. Too expensive! Not for the masses.

[TheCarambah]

@tomperanteau All right, I will you grant you that was a little more than I expected.

[tomperanteau]

@TheCarambah The 128 sold over 4 million units.

[TheCarambah]

@HRHShawnPendragone I avoided wikipedia and got this from old computers instead: "The Commodore 128 was launched at the Las-Vegas Consumer Electronic Show 1985."

And I've never seen of any mention of the Amiga being launched in 84, in fact the Atari ST was launched before the Amiga 1000, and that was in 85.

As far as capitalism goes the 128 didn't really earn Commodore much money, that was the whole point.

Are you trolling, or just very stupid?

[TheCarambah]

@tomperanteau It was more intended as a joke. As in

- Why did they stop making Crystal Pepsi! I used to buy it all the time!

- Well, that's at least 15 bottles they would have sold!

Or

- Why did that bar close?

-Seems they were making too much money!

[tomperanteau]

@TheCarambah Where did you get your numbers?

[TheCarambah]

@tomperanteau "A lot of programmers loved the 128 because of its banking of memory and expansion capabilities,"

Well, that's at least 300 satisfied customers then.

[TheCarambah]

@HRHShawnPendragone Your dad must have worked at Commodore and brought home prototypes.

[TheCarambah]

@tomperanteau Went from the 64 straight to the Amiga.