Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 was a bestselling, 8-bit home computer from the 1980s. It was created by Commodore International, and it entered the market in 1982. Around 17 million units are believed to have been sold.[5] The Commodore 64 is often credited with making personal computers popular amongst the masses. This quality sparked comparisons with the Ford Model T.[6][7] The Commodore 64 was offered at relatively low prices,[8] and was available in malls, department stores, and toy stores instead of solely in the shops of authorized dealers.[5][9]
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| Type | Home computer |
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| Release date | August 1982[1][2] |
| Introductory price | US$ 595 (1982) |
| Discontinued | April 1994 |
| Units sold | 12.5[3] – 17[4] million |
| Operating system | Commodore KERNAL/ Commodore BASIC 2.0 GEOS (optionally) |
| CPU | MOS Technology 6510 @ 1.023 MHz (NTSC version) @ 0.985 MHz (PAL version) |
| Memory | 64 kB RAM + 20 kB ROM |
| Graphics | VIC-II (320 × 200, 16 colors, sprites, raster interrupt) |
| Sound | SID 6581 (3× Osc, 4× wave, filter, ADSR, ring) |
| Connectivity | 2× CIA 6526 joystick, Power, ROM cartridge, RF, A/V, IEEE-488 floppy-printer, digital tape, GPIO/RS-232 |
| Predecessor | Commodore VIC-20 |
| Successor | Commodore 128 |
Other articles
Commodore 64 Media
The Commodore 64 startup screen
Game cartridges for Radar Rat Race and International Soccer
Commodore Max Machine (overhead view)
A Commodore Educator 64 computer (also sold as the PET 64 and Model 4064) - a microcomputer made by Commodore Business Machines in 1983. Essentially it is a Commodore 64 in a Commodore PET-style case with a monochrome only display. This Educator64 is running the open source computer operating system, Contiki.
Commodore C64 SX-64
Commodore 64 Games System "C64GS"
The Simons' BASIC interpreter start-up screen. Note the altered background and text colors (vs the ordinary C64 blue tones) and the 8 KB reduction of available BASIC-interpreter program memory allocation, due to the address space used by the cartridge.
This block diagram of the C64 based on the Commodore "Service Manual C64/C64C, PN-314001-03 from March 1992", Page 3. The shown diagram was redrawn, the mistakes were corrected and the functions were refined. The Color RAM was missing, the RAM was called ROM.
The two PETSCII character sets of the C64
An example of SID chip generated music
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References
- ↑ "World of Commodore Brochure (1983)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
- ↑ July 1982 Commodore brochure
- ↑ "How many Commodore 64 computers were sold?". Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ↑ Reimer, Jeremy. "Personal Computer Market Share: 1975–2004". Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mihelich, Peggy (2007-12-07). "Commodore 64 still loved after all these years". CNN. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
- ↑ Kahney, Leander (2003-09-09). "Grandiose Price for a Modest PC". Wired. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
- ↑ Martin, Douglas (2012-04-10). "Jack Tramiel, a Pioneer in Computers, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
- ↑ Reimer, Jeremy (2007-10-22). "A history of the Amiga, part 4: Enter Commodore". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
- ↑ McLean, Prince (2009-09-06). "Apple approves Commodore 64 emulator for iPhone". Apple Insider. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
