Year: 1984
Price: $299, $749 in 2020
The Commodore Plus/4 is a home computer released by Commodore International in 1984. The “Plus/4” name refers to the four-application ROM resident office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, database, and graphing); it was billed as “the productivity computer with software built-in”.
Internally, the Plus/4 shares the same basic architecture as the lower-end Commodore 16 and 116 models, and is able to use software and peripherals designed for them. However, it is not compatible with the well-established Commodore 64.
While the Plus/4 had some success in Europe, it was a failure in the United States, where it was derided as the “Minus/60”.
| Type | Home computer |
|---|---|
| Release date | 1984 |
| Introductory price | $299[1] |
| Discontinued | 1985 |
| Operating system | Commodore BASIC 3.5 |
| CPU | MOS Technology 8501 @ 1.76 MHz |
| Memory | 64 KB RAM + 64 KB ROM |
| Graphics | TED (320 × 200, 121 colors)[2] |
| Sound | TED (2-channel with 4-octave + white noise) |
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