Commodore 64

Commodore 64
Commodore 64, original design - affectionately known as the "breadbox"
Manufacturer:	Commodore Business Machines
Year Introduced:	August 1982
Form Factor:	Microcomputer
Clock Speed:	1 MHz
Memory Size:	64 KB
CPU:	MOS 6510
Operating System:	In-ROM Microsoft BASIC v 2.0

The Commodore 64 was a tremendously popular and influential Commodore Business Machines home computer. The sucessor to the Vic 20, the Commodore 64, had improved graphics & sound capability, more ram, and a newer version of Basic.

Periphials

The commodore 64 was released with the following devices over it's lifetime from Commodore.

Disk Drives

• 1541 floppy drive.

Tape Drives

• Commodore Datasette 1530

Modems

• Commodore VIC Modem
• Commodore 1650 Modem
• Commodore 1660 Modem
• Commodore 1670 Modem

Mice

• Commodore 1351 Mouse

Ram Expansion

• Commodore 1700 REU
• Commodore 1750 REU
• Commodore 1764 REU

Printers

• Commodore MPS 801
• Commodore MPS 802

Software

Perhaps the best konwn software associated with the Commodore 64 is Geos. A GUI for the platform that popularized WYSIWYG publishing on the platform.

Emulators

There are various emulators for the Commodore 64 and it's ilk.

• Vice