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> There was more C64 stuff than C128 stuff. The C128 even did CP/M80 with a Z80 CPU. I had one. I know. Trouble is, running CP/M required a 1571 drive and an 8
by mariuolo 4y ago
> There was more C64 stuff than C128 stuff. The C128 even did CP/M80 with a Z80 CPU. I had one.
I know. Trouble is, running CP/M required a 1571 drive and an 80 column monitor, both expensive peripherals.
Also CP/M was pretty much in decline in 1985, that's why I say Commodore management had rather odd ideas about product placement.
- orionblastar 4y agoThen they should have put an 8088 chip as a coprocessor to run MS-DOS off of the 1571 as the 80 column monitor did CGA and EGA equivalent graphics.