Talk:Commodore 16

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Contents 1 "Raison d'être"??? 2 C116 3 Binary prefixes 4 New photo coming soon 5 Added better pictures

[edit] "Raison d'être"???

What the heck does "raison d'etre" mean? Might want to change this header. --Anonymous

Thanks for mentioning it; I've now put in a lk to Wiktionary's definition of the term (which means "reason for existence"). --Wernher 23:05, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] C116

Should really be given greater mention in the article. Or at least a picture would be nice. The C116 was actually the normal or original version of this computer, intended to combat the low-low-low-cost market at the time taken by ZX-81s and Spectrums. Some managerial muppet though it would never sell in America so they got the Japanese engineering department to make the C16 for the American market. They're the same exact computer just in different cases (presumably they figured the ubiquitous 'breadbin' witha proper keyboard would sell better than the sleeker new 264/+4 case with dead-flesh keys).

It's sad really, the whole TED series debacle is a cringe-inducing story. Seek100 00:03, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Binary prefixes

Recently changes have been made to this article to use binary prefixes (KiB, MiB, kibibyte, mebibyte etc). The majority of reliable sources for this article do not use binary prefixes. If you have any thoughts/opinions then this specific topic is being discussed on the following talk page Manual of Style (dates and numbers) in the sections to do with "binary prefixes". Fnagaton 10:25, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New photo coming soon

I hate seeing these blasted eBay photos representing some of the best computers ever made.

I uploaded some nice shots for the VIC-20. I will do the same for the C-16 soon.

cbmeeks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbmeeks (talk • contribs) 10:56, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

best computers ever made? they were cheap. cheaply designed, cheaply produced, and cheaply programmed for. don't confuse nostalgia with quality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 (talk) 15:12, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Added better pictures

Much better pictures. I hate seeing eBay/iPix photos of these vintage computers. They deserve better.

~cbmeeks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbmeeks (talk • contribs) 13:22, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

I remember seeing this in the Xmas 83 or 84 Service Merchandise catalog, along with the Plus/4 and TI 99/2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 (talk) 14:37, 10 December 2007 (UTC)