Commodore 264 (Prototype)

Computer published 40 years ago:

Commodore 264 (c) 1984 Commodore, Limited.

- TRIVIA -

When the first Commodore 264 (or C264 for short) prototype unofficially debuted at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 1984, the developers had obviously not yet agreed about the keyboard layout; some keys are unlabeled, the right shift key was missing, instead having a key which seems to be meant as a line feed key.

It was planned that when buying a C264, you could have chosen between these programs:
- 3 plus 1 (word processor, data base, spread sheet, windowing)
- Superscript (professional word processor)
- Magic Desk (word processor, data base, spread sheet, calculator)
- Logo
- Pilot
- Easycalc 264 (spread sheet)
- COM 264
- Financial Advisor

The C264 should then be delivered with the selected program built in. The remaining programs could only be used with cartridges for the expansion port.