Commodore 116 (1984)

Commodore 116 and Commodore 1702

I bought this Commodore 116 on eBay a few weeks ago from a German seller. The keyboard didn’t work, and I had to repair it. Not a simple task, as these keyboards weren’t built to be opened; I’ll probably write a separate article to document my restoration.

This computer was only sold in Europe, mostly in Germany, and it was the worst seller of its family that included the Commodore 16 and the Plus/4. My first computer was a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, but I admit that these rubber-keys keyboards are really uncomfortable because they make me type very slowly.

Here’s an exploded view of the Commodore 116:

Commodore 116 - Exploded view

The computer is quite compact, but it lacks the user port of its big brother, the Plus/4.

Commodore 116 - Right

Commodore 116 - Left

Commodore 116 - Back

A detail of the keyboard:

Commodore 116 - Detail

And one last picture of the computer:

Commodore 116

One thought on “Commodore 116 (1984)

  1. Fabrizio

    Hi!
    I have a similar issue. I would really appriciate if you could describe how to open it and close it again since opening requires breaking the plastic pins (how?).
    Fabrizio

    Reply

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