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Commodore 116

Commodore 116
Model illustration · Image: Toni Birrer Changes made by Ubcule · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source and original on Wikimedia Commons · Toni Birrer · Saved as WebP and resized where necessary
Commodore 116 with dark rubber keyboard, oblique from the front
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Commodore 116 diagonally from the rear with connector and ribbed housing top
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Packaging of the Commodore 116 with computer image and coloured stripes
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Summary

The C116 is the smallest home computer in Commodore’s 264 series compared to the C16 and Plus/4. Similar to the VC-20, it is designed in terms of price and performance as an entry-level device. From 1984 onwards, the computer can only be bought in European department stores or supermarkets. In this country about 44,000 devices are sold for about 200 DM.

The entire 264 family was a commercial failure. The C116’s meagre 12 KiB available for BASIC programs deterred many buyers. The range also faced competition from within Commodore: many customers continued to choose the C64 and its huge software library. The 264 computers cannot run C64 programs, and their different connectors require new cassette recorders and floppy drives.

High stocks of the C116 and its sibling models force Commodore to co-operate with discounters such as ALDI in 1986. A year later, most devices found an owner after all.

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