Never seen a C264 Before...

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Was this the rumored "after Amiga" C64 predecessor?

Just curious...

In one of my old Amiga magazines, I just read about a machine that was supposed to be kind of a hybrid between the C64 and Amiga, called the C65. The editor was funny about the machine. He pretty much said: "umm, yeah.... Commodore, you could just kind of leave the prototype and schematics on Atari's front door if you want". lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_65

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It's always amazed me how much time, energy, R&D, etc. was wasted on things like the C128, C128D, 1581, 1571, C264, C65 and whatever else those dummies (C=) had on their plates when they should have been putting all that effort into the Amiga all along. IMO. Okay, *maybe* not the C128, but that machine was a little too late in its arrival. Guess that happens when you're used to competing with yourself.  lol

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@Scuzz: For the record, I am not ripping on the 128. While I totally skipped the concept back in the day (investing in a moderately priced 8-bit machine did not make any sense to me when I knew I could purchase a used A1000 for less than $400 by late '87 and hook it to my TV). Today, I have a boxed example with 1571 sitting here begging to be used in some capacity (thanks Damion).

The C128 seems to be a really cool machine, but lets face it. Commodore was hardly in a position to market one machine, let alone 2, 3 or 4. '85 was a really strange time for computing for sure. ST and Mac seemed to pretty much force C= to release the Amiga at a time where it might have been prudent to wait another year or two. Let the C128 mature (which it never got a chance to) and perfect what was all wrong with the A1000. Imagine if C= had actually skipped the A1000 (blasphemous I know) and went straight after the 500 and 2000 in '87? It's all conjecture and hindsight is always 20/20, but just seems to me Commodore made a lot of mistakes that could have easily been avoided. I bet their fate could have been postponed a little while longer had Tramiel stayed on board. I guess I just need to read that Rise and Fall book someday

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I thought the plus4 was an interesting design but it was poorly implemented. Better, more up to date software like the plus4 had but on a cart would have been better. The video chip had some good features with lots of colors but it didnt have sprites or a sid chip.

I can totally remember the Plus4 mini-Infomercials back in the early 80's. Commodore was on the tele a lot and pushing that machine big time. Dirt cheap too. Still, even at 13-14, I thought there was something "up" with that machine. I knew it wasn't a Vic and knew it wasn't a C64. And yes, I worked back then (had two jobs) and saved my money. I was a potential customers for sure. I knew back then the Plus4 was a mistake and wouldn't last. Didn't help there was no support for it either in mags or otherwise. What a debacle.

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