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According to Commodore computer engineer Bil Herd, this single-sided PCB was an extraordinary attempt of cost saving by Commodore, which probably failed due to technical problems. [29] At the June 1983 Consumer Electronics Show, Commodore lowered the retail price of the C64 to $300, and stores sold it for as little as $199.
Commodore 64C with 1541-II floppy disk drive and 1084S monitor displaying television-compatible S-Video. The C64's designers intended the computer to have a new, wedge-shaped case within a year of release, but the change did not occur. [6] In 1986, Commodore released the 64C computer, which is functionally identical to the original.
The Commodore PET is a line of personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International. [3] A single all-in-one case combines a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor , Commodore BASIC in read-only memory , keyboard, monochrome monitor, and, in early models, a cassette deck .
Commodore responded with the VIC-20, and then the Commodore 64, which became the best-selling home computer of all time. [16] The VIC-20 was the first computer to sell one million units. The Commodore 64 sold several million units. It was during this time that Tramiel coined the phrase, "We need to build computers for the masses, not the classes."
The VIC-20 (known as the VC-20 in Germany and the VIC-1001 in Japan) is an 8-bit home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines.The VIC-20 was announced in 1980, [4] roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET.
Commodore (Finland) Commodore (Germany) or Kommodore; Air commodore, a rank in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces; Commodore (yacht club), an officer of a yacht club; Commodore (Sea Scouts), a position in the Boy Scouts of America's Sea Scout program; Convoy commodore, a civilian in charge of a shipping convoy during the ...
The BASIC prompt for the Commodore 128 in 40-column mode, running Commodore BASIC V7.0. The C128's complex architecture [2] [3] includes four differently accessed kinds of RAM (128 KB main RAM, 16–64 KB VDC video RAM, 2 kNibbles VIC-II Color RAM, 2-KB floppy-drive RAM on C128Ds, 0, 128 or 512 KB REU RAM) [failed verification], two or three CPUs (main: 8502, Z80 for CP/M; the 128D also ...
The Commodore 16 is a home computer made by Commodore International with a 6502-compatible 7501 or 8501 CPU, released in 1984 and intended to be an entry-level computer to replace the VIC-20. A cost-reduced version, the Commodore 116 , was mostly sold in Europe.