Commodore 128
 

The Commodore 128 was launched at the Las-Vegas Consumer Electronic Show 1985. It was presented then as a competitor for the Apple Macintosh and IBM PC (The famous advertisement said "Bad news for Apple and IBM"). In fact, the only star of this show was the Atari 130 ST !
It was the successor of the Commodore 64 and could use all the software and a lot of the hardware of the C64 (the 8502 could be slowed down 1 MHz for compatibility).
Thanks to the Z80 CPU, the Commodore 128 could run under CP/M + : lots of software were adapted for this computer and Osborne or Kaypro programs could run directly.
 
Data Sheet
OS   C128 mode, C64 mode or CP/M
Processor   1/2 mHz (for the 8510), 1.022 MHz (for C64 mode) 8502 + Zilog Z80
Sound   3 voices / 6 octaves
RAM   128 KB
Resolution   160x200 / 320 x 200 / 640 x 200
Color   16
Media   1571 disk-drive
Release Date   1985
Language   BASIC
IO Ports   RGB, Video Composite, Joystick (2), Cardridge, Tape, User Port (RS232 compatible), TV, serial
     
Emulator
VICE is a program that runs on a Unix, MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2, Acorn RISC OS or BeOS machine and executes programs intended for the old 8-bit computers. The current version emulates the C64, the C128, the VIC20, all the PET models (except the SuperPET 9000, which is out of line anyway), the PLUS4 and the CBM-II (aka C610).

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