The founder Jack Tramiel | ||
Chuck Peddle's biography from PET to Sirius I | ||
Carl Sassenrath, has worked for HP and Apple, but is well known for having designed and built the SO Amiga kernel. An interview. His site (Visited the 04 october 2017) |
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The first set of Commodore computers, PETs (Personal Electronic Transactor), some PET brochures. |
PET 2001 |
PET 64 |
PET 3008 |
PET 3032 |
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PET 4016 |
PET 8032 |
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8296-sk |
B128 |
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VIC 20 is the first of a long series. Right the first model. | ||
We are at the end of 1980, rumors of a new low-cost and color computer! | Vic 1001 |
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We are in mid 1981, now the Vic 20 is coming. | Vic 1001 - 2 |
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Commodore 64. The first on the top left is the first version, on the top right there is the second version, the bottom one in the 128 format. All Commodore 64 models |
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SX-64 |
C-128 |
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128D |
C-16 |
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Plus 4 |
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Prototypes, here we see two prototypes based on the C-128. |
A C128 with a 1581 |
C128 with floppy drive |
Perhaps the most interesting prototype, a hundred were made. |
C-65 |
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Commodore Max, introduced in 1982, was in direct competition with Intellivision and Odissey, with a membrane keyboard going out only on the Japanese market, that year the C-64 will be released. |
Max (VC10) |
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Commodore LCD |
Commodore 116 |
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Commodore 264 |
Commodore 364 |
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The Amiga series |
Amiga 1000 |
Amiga 2000 |
Amiga 500 |
Amiga 600 |
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Amiga 3000 |
Amiga 4000 |
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Last attempts |
CD32 |
CDTV |
With the release of the C128, it just seemed that the Commodore wanted to disrupt both the Apple Computer and IBM, but it just did not go that way...
The message is clear, the apple is Apple's well-known symbol, and the hat is Chaplin's, which at that time advertised the IBM PC.