elg@usl.UUCP (Eric Lee Green) (07/22/86)
In article <188@rruxo.UUCP> dgi@rruxo.UUCP writes: >This posting is for a friend of mine who's interested in >buying a small computer for home use. > >Does anybody know anything about a supposedly new Commodore >model called the Plus 4? Any information about it would be >appreciated. Also does anyone know about a color monitor The only "home" Commodore models in widespread use right now are the C-64 and the C-128. Anything else is an incompatible orphan with no software. Once upon a time, about a year and a half ago, Commodore decided they would replace the venerable Commodore 64. So, they invented the +4. The +4 had a cheaper keyboard, no sound chip, limited RS-232 port, and was completely incompatible with the Commodore 64 -- no C-64 software will run on the +4. Commodore never managed to sell many, and lost a bundle when they had to write down their inventory and liquidate. It is an orphan now, so there never WILL be any software to run on the +4. Useful only if you want to play around with BASIC, you'll never be able to do anything useful on it. >by BMC, model 125AUW and if so is it compatible with the >aforementioned computer? I haven't seen the BMC, but any composite monitor is compatible with the C-64 or C-128. Note, however, that you get a better picture out of the Commodore monitors (because they accept the pre-seperated chroma and luma signals that the Commodore computers can produce, eliminating the smudging induced by the chroma trap in ordinary monitors). Or you can just use a monochrome monitor. I'm using a $50 NAP monitor for 80 column on my C-128 right now, in order to write this warning. -- -- Computing from the Bayous, -- Eric Green {akgua,ut-sally}!usl!elg (Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191, Lafayette, LA 70509)