Reproduced March 18 2002 with permission from Maurizio Banavage. Graphics added by Commodore.ca Nov 2018 In 1954 Jack Tramiel founded Commodore as a typewriter repair service. Jack Tramiel was Polish, and after Auschwitz he traveled to the United States and joined the Army. After the army he decided to open a repair shop in […]
Reproduced April 7 2002 with permission from Burt of the Commodore 64 Dungeon – Graphics and a few items appended by Commodore.ca Sept 7 2021 The following is a list of Commodore innovations: 1st single board microcomputer – MOS KIM-1 (Commodore bought MOS tech within 6 months of KIM being released) and not […]
Written by Ian Matthews of commodore.ca February 15, 2003 – Seriously revised and expanded on January 18, 2006 – Last updated Nov 26 2018 Introduction At the heart of what people think of as Commodore, was a company called MOS Technology. MOS’ claim to fame was their development and manufacturing of the […]
Base content reproduced March 31 2002 with permission from Larry of portcommodore.com Graphics added by Ian Matthews Fall 2003 – Last Revised Nov 23 2018 Commodore Computer Prehistory Near the age of 15, Jack Tramiel (then named Idek Tramielski) and his parents were shipped with other Jews from Lodz, Poland to Auschwitz […]
Commodore Business Machines 8 Bit Product Line Up 1976-1980 1977-1985 1981-1985 1982-1992 1984-1986 1985-1989 Commodore KIM-1 MOS KIM 1 Commodore PET 2001, 3008, 4016, 4032, 8032, 8096SK, SuperPET, P500 B700 C710 Commodore VIC-20 VC-20, VIC-1001 Commodore 64 64C, 64GS, Commodore 65 Prototype Max Machine Prototype, Commodore One, C-1 Commodore Plus/4 […]