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The Commodores at the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) on 12.30.11 in Beaver Creek, Colorado, part of the Winter 2011-2012 concert series.
The Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. Complete information can be found at vilarpac.org
Photo (C) Zach Mahone Photography
One of my most pleasing additions to my computing collection, a fully working Commodore 116, in very nice condition, only problem being was a black and white picture no matter what it was connected to, this was solved by adding a new TED chip.
Originally intended to supply Commodore with a cheap alternative to the C64, the 116 was the brainchild of Jack Tramiel, and brought to life by Bil Herd and his team.
Tramiel was convinced of the threat of cheap micros from the likes of Timex Sinclair.
Also there was anticipation of an influx of Japanese machines, which had of course happened with the home electronics market a few years before.
As it turned out, neither happened, leaving the machine with nowhere to go.
After a disastrous intervention by Commodore's marketing department, two machines came of the project, the Commodore 16 and the Commodore Plus 4, which only confused the market by competing them against their own C64.