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|tanname= Commodore Plus/4-tan
|image =  
|image= plus-4.png


|cname= Plus/4-tan
|cname = Commodore 264-tan
|alias= C264, Minus 60
|alias = C16, C116, Plus/4, Minus/60
|creator= Aurora Borealis
|hname =  
|debut= Feb 2009
|debut = Feb 2009
|height = 164 cm (5'4.5")
|haircolor= light blue
|eyecolor= dark blue
|weapon =
|apfaction = [[Binteeji Renmei]], formerly of the [[Commodore Family]]
|lineage= Commodore
|rival= VIC-20, C64 (sibling rivalry)


|osper= Commodore Plus/4, C16, C116 (hardware), Commodore BASIC (software)
|osper = Commodore 264 series (C16, C116, and Plus/4)
|osdev= Commodore
|osdev = Commodore
|reldate= circa 1984
|reldate = 1984
|lastrel= 1985
|lastrel = 1985
}}


|fnote= This character mainly represents the Commodore Plus/4 but also represents the C16 and C116 which are similar to the Plus/4 and were just as unsuccessful.
}}


==Technical details==
==Technical details==
This character represents the Commodore C16, C116 and Plus/4 but mainly the Plus/4. The three computer systems are similar to each other and were all major flops in the Western markets just the same but at least the Plus/4 had some success in Eastern Europe and was also used in a Danish phone line to help the hearing-impaired. The main factor that caused the C16, C116 and Plus/4 to fail was that they were deliberately limited in their abilities as to not replace the C64 but instead be a very cheap competitor against the Sinclair computers.
The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Plus%2F4 Commodore Plus/4] is part of the Commodore 264 series, released in 1984; the Commodore C16, C116 and Plus/4. These computer systems have similar capabilities, and are compatible with each other. The C16 and 116 had 16 KB of RAM, the Plus/4 had 64 KB of RAM. They had a more advanced version of Commodore BASIC, and supported more colors, but lacked hardware support for sprites, and the [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=194 Plus/4's built-in office programs were severely limited].
 
The C16, C116 and Plus/4 were limited to not replace the C64, but to replace the VIC-20, and to be a competitor against the Sinclair computers. The 264 series was a flop in the US, but the C16 and C116 had some success in Western Europe, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_16#Market_performance C16 was successful in Mexico, where it was sold until 1992]. The Plus/4 was successful in Eastern Europe after being sold at lower prices than other computers, and [http://yape.homeserver.hu/history.htm had the greatest success in Hungary].
 


The Plus/4 is noted for being Commodore's computer model with a built-in office suite with a word processor, spreadsheet, database and graphing. However its suite is of very poor quality and its inferior graphics and lack of backwards compatibility prevented the Plus/4 from being a gaming machine.


==Character details==
==Character details==
Plus/4-tan is represented as a girl with short light blue hair, dark blue eyes, and a headset. She wears a black+orange jacket and boots that are part of her old Commodore Family uniform. A recent addition to her outfit is a black+white dress with a grey arrow pattern and rainbow trim imitating the rainbow pattern on the Plus/4.  
Plus/4-tan represents the Plus/4 along with the C16 and C116, and is represented as a teenage girl with short light blue hair, dark blue eyes, and a headset. She wears her jacket and boots from her Commodore Fleet uniform with a dress that is lilac and white, or black and white with rainbow trim modeled after the rainbow trim of the Plus/4.
 
Her Commodore Fleet uniform jacket resembles C64-tan's, but is shorter, and is black and orange instead of white and blue. Sometimes she's depicted wearing a traditional Hungarian folk dress, as Hungary is where the Plus/4 had the most success, and still has quite a following today. The collar of her jacket is decorated with insignia on each lapel, with the Commodore logo, arrow keys modeled after the Plus/4's and C116's arrow keys, "C264", and "Plus/4". She also has "C16" and "C116" insignia on each of her jacket pockets.
 
In her full uniform, she wore her jacket and boots with a white skirt, a grey shirt, white tie, and a black and white hat with rainbow stripes.
 
She is quiet, and somewhat melancholy, but is helpful and has great communication skills. She is an artist, though she is not naturally talented at art, referencing the 264 series' lack of hardware sprites, but she has become skilled at art. She is very efficient with resources, and is good at programming, but is naturally bad at handling spreadsheets or graphs, the tasks she was originally meant to do.  
 


She is bad at gaming and writing referencing the poorly-made office suite included with the Plus/4 and it's inferior graphics capabilities. Plus/4-tan is still rather melancholy but is compassionate and good at helping others.
==History and background==




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Latest revision as of 20:53, 22 August 2019

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Commodore 264-tan
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Character Information
Common Names Commodore 264-tan
Other Names C16, C116, Plus/4, Minus/60
Faction Binteeji Renmei, formerly of the Commodore Family
Lineage Commodore
Rival(s) VIC-20, C64 (sibling rivalry)
Appearance
Height 164 cm (5'4.5")
Hair Color light blue
Eye Color dark blue
Design
First Appearance Feb 2009
Technical Information
System Personified Commodore 264 series (C16, C116, and Plus/4)
Developer(s) Commodore
Debut 1984
Latest release 1985


Technical details

The Commodore Plus/4 is part of the Commodore 264 series, released in 1984; the Commodore C16, C116 and Plus/4. These computer systems have similar capabilities, and are compatible with each other. The C16 and 116 had 16 KB of RAM, the Plus/4 had 64 KB of RAM. They had a more advanced version of Commodore BASIC, and supported more colors, but lacked hardware support for sprites, and the Plus/4's built-in office programs were severely limited.

The C16, C116 and Plus/4 were limited to not replace the C64, but to replace the VIC-20, and to be a competitor against the Sinclair computers. The 264 series was a flop in the US, but the C16 and C116 had some success in Western Europe, the C16 was successful in Mexico, where it was sold until 1992. The Plus/4 was successful in Eastern Europe after being sold at lower prices than other computers, and had the greatest success in Hungary.


Character details

Plus/4-tan represents the Plus/4 along with the C16 and C116, and is represented as a teenage girl with short light blue hair, dark blue eyes, and a headset. She wears her jacket and boots from her Commodore Fleet uniform with a dress that is lilac and white, or black and white with rainbow trim modeled after the rainbow trim of the Plus/4.

Her Commodore Fleet uniform jacket resembles C64-tan's, but is shorter, and is black and orange instead of white and blue. Sometimes she's depicted wearing a traditional Hungarian folk dress, as Hungary is where the Plus/4 had the most success, and still has quite a following today. The collar of her jacket is decorated with insignia on each lapel, with the Commodore logo, arrow keys modeled after the Plus/4's and C116's arrow keys, "C264", and "Plus/4". She also has "C16" and "C116" insignia on each of her jacket pockets.

In her full uniform, she wore her jacket and boots with a white skirt, a grey shirt, white tie, and a black and white hat with rainbow stripes.

She is quiet, and somewhat melancholy, but is helpful and has great communication skills. She is an artist, though she is not naturally talented at art, referencing the 264 series' lack of hardware sprites, but she has become skilled at art. She is very efficient with resources, and is good at programming, but is naturally bad at handling spreadsheets or graphs, the tasks she was originally meant to do.


History and background