Fortunately, the existence of 16-bit PCs didn't completely nullify the meaning of the Commodore 128 when it was unveiled in January 1985 at CES. Intel 8086 had been released back in June of 1978 ...

Another limitation, at least on Commodore machines, was that the screen had to be turned off during video capture – otherwise, the video chip would interrupt the CPU halfway through the process ...

Four decades ago at CES 1985, the Commodore 128 debuted. It sold just a few million units compared to 17 million for the Commodore 64 — the era of 8-bit PCs was ending. Thanks to the Intel 8086 ...