The Commodore PET is a line of personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International. A single all-in-one case combines a MOS Technology...
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for US$595 (equivalent to $1,880 in 2023). Preceded by the VIC-20 and Commodore PET, the C64 took its name from its 64 kilobytes (65,536 bytes) of RAM....
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in the industry. The company released its first home computer, the Commodore PET, in 1977; it was followed by the VIC-20, the first ever computer to...
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Killer poke (section Commodore PET)
hardware sanity checking (notable examples being the IBM Portable and Commodore PET.) The Z1 (1938) and Z3 (1941) computers built by Konrad Zuse contained...
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VIC-20 (redirect from Commodore VIC 20)
sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980, roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET. The VIC-20...
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PetSynth is an open-source music software for the Commodore PET computer, created in 2007 by Chiron Bramberger. It is noteworthy for being the only keyboard...
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Machines (CBM), released in 1982 and intended as a follow-on to the Commodore PET series. The CBM-II has two incarnations, the P series (P = personal...
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Commodore BASIC, also known as PET BASIC or CBM-BASIC, is the dialect of the BASIC programming language used in Commodore International's 8-bit home computer...
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to Commodore's 8-bit computers, including the PET, VIC-20, and Commodore 64. A physically similar model, Commodore 1531, was made for the Commodore 16...
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This is a list of Commodore PET games. See Lists of video games for other platforms. Mike Richardson (1992). PET, Super PET and B-128 Library Listings...
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rendered as MicroMainframe or Micro-mainframe) may refer to: The Commodore PET SuperPET 9000 series microcomputer The Intel iAPX 432 multiple-chip microprocessor...
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PET 64 and Model 4064, was a microcomputer made by Commodore Business Machines in 1983. It was sold to schools as a replacement for aging Commodore PET...
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steel case form to the Commodore 9060/9090 hard disk drives, and use the parallel IEEE-488 interface common to Commodore PET/CBM computers. Essentially...
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such as the Commodore PET, the Osborne 1, the TRS-80 Model II, and the Datapoint 2200. Many manufacturers of home computers like Commodore and Atari included...
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serial port (Commodore's proprietary "serial CBM-488 bus", was a variation of the Commodore PET IEEE interface as used on the VIC-20 and Commodore 64, which...
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to Commodore PET/CBM computers. These drive models use a single-density, single-side floppy data storage format similar to that used by the Commodore 1540...
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September 1981. "MOS / CSG Commodore KIM-1 History & Pictures – Commodore Computers: C64 VIC20 PET C128 Plus4 – 8 Bit PC's". www.commodore.ca. Retrieved 1 October...
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Punter (protocol) (redirect from PET Transfer Protocol)
and BBS64 bulletin board system (BBS) software. The "PET" in the name comes from the Commodore PET computer. Compared to other contemporary protocols,...
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primarily for its 8-bit CBM and PET series of computers. The drives offered improved storage capacities over previous Commodore drive models. They are notable...
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of $0401 (1025), which is equivalent to the start of BASIC for the Commodore PET, but corresponds to the default screen memory in the C64 (starting with...
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and 1980s as a peripheral bus for early microcomputers, notably the Commodore PET. Newer standards have largely replaced IEEE 488 for computer use, but...
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up PET, pet, pêt, pět, or Pet. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pet is an animal kept primarily for company, protection or entertainment. Pet or...
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Temple of Apshai (category Commodore PET games)
Simulations (later renamed to Epyx) in 1979. Originating on the TRS-80 and Commodore PET, it was followed by several updated versions for other computers between...
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Chuck Peddle (category Commodore people)
microprocessor, the KIM-1 single-board computer, and its successor, the Commodore PET personal computer, both based on the 6502. Peddle was born in Bangor...
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What's New (February 1978), "Commodore Ships First PET Computers", BYTE, 3 (2): 190 Commodore press release. "The PET computer made its debut recently...
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on that system. There is also some compatibility with the VIC-20 and Commodore PET. In the United States, the 1541 floppy disk drive was widespread. By...
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Jack Tramiel (category Commodore people)
Holocaust survivor, best known for founding Commodore International. The Commodore PET, VIC-20, and Commodore 64 are some home computers produced while...
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KERNAL (redirect from Commodore Kernal)
KERNAL is Commodore's name for the ROM-resident operating system core in its 8-bit home computers; from the original PET of 1977, followed by the extended...
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MAX Machine (redirect from Commodore Max)
the Commodore 64's chipset. The MAX's 2KB of RAM also indicates it was intended as a games machine and not a personal computer. Even the Commodore PET, released...
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