{"id":32138,"date":"2025-01-08T22:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T01:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/?p=32138"},"modified":"2025-12-30T16:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:07:24","slug":"commodore-128-40th-anniversary-ces-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/commodore-128-40-aniversario-ces-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Commodore 128 40th Anniversary CES 2025: Eternal 8-bit \ud83d\ude80"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commodore 128 40th Anniversary CES 2025: Relive the magic! \ud83d\udd79\ufe0f<\/h2>\n
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This week at CES 2025, there are a number of major hardware announcements being revealed, but in the long history of this event, there are also echoes of the golden age of Commodore announcements at CES, most notably that of the Commodore 128 in 1985.<\/p>\n

The Commodore 128 was a direct sequel to the C64, which only managed to sell a few million units compared to the C64's impressive estimated peak of 17 million units. When the Commodore 128 was released, it was already the last 8-bit PC in an era dominated by 16-bit PCs, thanks to the arrival of the Intel 8086.<\/p>\n

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The Commodore 128 in its first version as a computer keyboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Afortunadamente, la existencia de los PCs de 16 bits no anul\u00f3 completely<\/em> the purpose of the Commodore 128 when it was introduced in January 1985 at CES.<\/p>\n

He Intel<\/a> The 8086 was released in June 1978, so the 16-bit architecture had already had plenty of time to make itself felt in the market \u2014 but since the original C64 had been released in 1981, that might mean there was still room for an 8-bit Commodore 128, right? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n

Well, the answer to that turned out to be a resounding "No." The reason was quite simple: while other PCs and clones of the time were opening the doors to new software<\/a> Both 16-bit and 32-bit, the Commodore 128 was primarily an upgraded version of the Commodore 64, with twice the RAM (128K versus 64K) and a CPU that could reach up to 2 MHz, instead of just 1 MHz.<\/p>\n

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The motherboard of the C128 and the first C128D with the most important chips<\/p>\n

El soporte real para el C128 en forma de nuevos programas o parches para aprovechar su velocidad y RAM aumentada era bastante escaso en comparaci\u00f3n con el floreciente apoyo de software que disfrutaba el C64.<\/p>\n

As\u00ed, el Commodore 128<\/a> termin\u00f3 siendo un modelo olvidado, aunque a\u00fan existe como una versi\u00f3n mejorada del Commodore 64 para entusiastas y coleccionistas.<\/p>\n

Maybe that bakery would appreciate one of these\u2026 retro gaming fans surely would, as the Games optimized for the Commodore 128 offer graphics<\/a> improved and additional support, including music in the classic Origin RPG, Last V<\/em>. \ud83c\udfae<\/p>\n

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Commodore 128 vs 128D vs 128DCR and why you need one now \u2013 YouTube<\/span>
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