Ted revealed at Las Vegas

COMMODORE is expected to show a prototype of its new computer, the Commodore 444, for the first time at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.

The machine will be the first to use Commodore’s new TED chip. The TED is a multi-purpose device, designed to reduce the number of components on the circuit board and thereby reduce manufacturing costs. The TED combines the functions of system controller, video controller, display processor
and voice generator all in one chip.

The Commodore 444 will also be the first Commodore machine to use a new updated 6500-family central processor with optimised access to external memory.

The Commodore 444 will be a more advanced machine than the existing Commodore 64 computer with sophisticated cursor control and built- in word processing.

Commodore is also considering a new low-cost machine. Commodore (UK) would like to see a Spectrum- basher manufactured at Corby, which would be a cut-down version of the 64 without sprite graphics and advanced sound handling.