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The Commodore 64 was a home computer released in 1982 that used 8-bit technology. It became one of the most popular personal computers of its era and played a significant role in bringing computing into households during the 1980s.
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Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Commodore Business Machines (CBM)
- Type
- Home computer
- Released
- August 1982 ; 43 years ago ( 1982-08 )
- Introductory price
- US$595 (equivalent to $1,990 in 2025)
- Discontinued
- April 1994 ; 32 years ago ( 1994-04 )
- Units sold
- 12.5 – 17 million
- Operating system
- Commodore KERNAL / BASIC 2.0 GEOS (optionally)
- Cpu
- MOS Technology 6510 / 8500 @ 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 6581/8580 ( 3× osc , 4× wave , filter , ADSR , ring )
- Connectivity
- 2× CIA 6526 ( joystick , GPIO / RS-232 /keyboard) Power (+5V DC & 9V AC) ROM cartridge Video/audio ( RF / A/V ) Serial IEEE 488 bus ( floppy disk / printer ) Digital tape
- Predecessor
- VIC-20 MAX Machine
- Successor
- Commodore 128 Amiga
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- home computer
- Has part
- MOS Technology CIA
- Follows
- Commodore VIC-20
- Developer
- Commodore International
- Manufacturer
- Commodore International
- Image
- Commodore-64-Computer-FL.jpg
- Significant event
- economic production
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- Commons category
- Commodore 64
- topic's main category
- Category:Commodore 64
- Commons gallery
- Commodore 64
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/c64
- start time
- 1982-08-00
- discontinuation date
- 1994-05-00
- units sold
- 17000000
- storage capacity
- 20
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Article · Nederlands
De Commodore 64, ook C64 of CBM64, is een bekende 8 bit homecomputer van Commodore. Het model werd geïntroduceerd in januari 1982. De homecomputer heeft een vermelding in het Guinness Book of Records als de bestverkochte computer ooit, met een geschatte aantal tussen de 10 en 17 miljoen verkochte exemplaren.
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