Commodore LCD explained

Commodore LCD
Aka:CLCD
Developer:Commodore International
Type:laptop
Release Date:Shown, never released.
Os:Commodore BASIC 3.6
Cpu:Rockwell 65C102 @ 1 MHz
Memory:32 KB RAM
Storage:96 KB ROM
Display:LCD (80 x 16 char, 480 x 128 pixels)
Connectivity:Modem (300 baud)

The Commodore LCD (sometimes known in short as the CLCD) is an unreleased LCD-equipped laptop made by Commodore International. It was presented at the January 1985 Consumer Electronics Show, but never released.[1] [2] [3] The CLCD was not directly compatible with other Commodore home computers, but its built-in Commodore BASIC 3.6 interpreter could run programs written in the Commodore 128's BASIC 7.0, as long as these programs did not include system-specific POKE commands.[4] Like the Commodore 264 and Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 series computers, the CLCD had several built-in ROM-based office application programs.

The CLCD featured a 1 MHz Rockwell 65C102 CPU (a CMOS 6502 variant) and 32 KB of RAM (expandable to 64 KB internally).[5] [6] The BASIC interpreter and application programs were built into 96 KB of ROM.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=6i4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Commodore+LCD%22&pg=PA19 News:Commodore Shows New 128
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=3C4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Commodore+LCD%22&pg=PA25 Portable Potpourri
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=3C4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Commodore+LCD%22&pg=PA28 Portable Potpourri
  4. Web site: Commodore LCD . https://web.archive.org/web/20220803190508/https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=108 . 2022-08-03 . 2025-10-31 . www.old-computers.com . en-US.
  5. Web site: Secret Weapons of Commodore: The Commodore LCD . 2025-10-31 . www.floodgap.com.
  6. Web site: 2017-04-06 . Commodore LCD . 2025-10-31 . vintage-laptops.com . en-US.