The C16 had some great features. The built-in ML monitor was a great way to learn how computers really work, TED was actually a better graphics chip in many ways (sadly crippled by lack of sprites) and 16KB was not enough, but gave me deep understanding that served me very well in my career.

(2) there were relevant scenarios for this, including overtyping a line for a range of effects, or doing carriage returns followed by half line feeds (drawing boxes etc).

(1) Being my pedantic self, they're not actually the same... 😉 The carriage return moves the head back to the left. The line feed rotates the cylinder holding the paper a line down, or for perforated sheets, progresses the feed.

I've been in software development for 40+ years, and snr mgmt. A good working, reliable solution for the #postoffice is eminently possible and affordable. Stop wasting money on bloated "partners" whose interest is just in stuffing pockets and on internal mgmt that couldn't run a lemonade stand.

The*only* movie I've ever watched more than 10 times...

Absolutely. The deep understanding that I got from electronics hobby kits and from programming in low level languages like asm and C has given me invaluable insights of use in algorithm and application design etc. Those skills continue to serve me very well today.

I had a C16, discovered machine language on it. Wrote a spreadsheet using built-in monitor's assembler/disassembler, squeezing every bit of storage out of the meagre 16KB to make sure it had space for data, not just the code. 6502 style instruction sets are sparse, but really compact and efficient.