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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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