What is a Commodore 64?
In 1982, Commodore International Ltd. introduced the Commodore 64. The C64 sold over 20 million units from 1982 to its dying twitch in 1993. There were many reasons why people prefered the Commodore 64 instead of any other personal computer. First of all it was cheap, and it was also the first personal computer with a built in 3 channel sound device (the famous SID chip) and beautiful 16 color graphics. During the years thousands and thousands of games and applications have been developed for the C64.
The Commodore 64 was a personal computer produced during the 1980s. Due to its low cost and high availability, the Commodore 64 eventually became the best-selling computer model of all time. The Commodore 64 came with 64 KB of RAM, as well as a 1 MHz 6510 CPU and separate sound and video chips. The operating system and a BASIC programming interpreter were built into ROM, allowing the Commodore 64 to be used straight out of the box. The Commodore 64 was designed to be connected to a television display and did not come with a monitor, although one could be purchased separately. Commodore explicitly designed the machine for low-budget personal use, marketing it to retail stores instead of electronics vendors. The price for the Commodore 64 was originally set at $595 US Dollars in 1982, already low compared to other computers, and rapidly dropped during the next several years. The low cost of the Commodore 64 eventually drove Timex, Texas Instruments, and other competitors out of the compu
