Key facts
- Manufacturer
- Commodore International
- Type
- Personal computer ( all-in-one )
- Released
- January 1977 ; 49 years ago ( 1977-01 )
- Introductory price
- US$795 (equivalent to $4,200 in 2025)
- Discontinued
- 1982 ; 44 years ago ( 1982 )
- Units sold
- 219,000
- Operating system
- Commodore BASIC 1.0–4.0
- Cpu
- 6502 @ 1 MHz
- Memory
- 4–96 KB
- Storage
- Cassette tape , 5.25-inch floppy , 8-inch floppy , hard disk
- Display
- 40×25 or 80×25 text
- Graphics
- Monochrome PETSCII semigraphic characters
- Sound
- None or beeper
- Successor
- CBM-II
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Commodore 2001 Series-IMG 0448b.jpg
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- publication date
- 1977-10-00
- inception
- 1977-10-00
- Commons category
- Commodore PET
- discontinuation date
- 1982-00-00
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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 6502 microprocessor, Commodore BASIC in read-only memory, keyboard, monochrome monitor, and, in early models, a cassette deck.
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