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- OBJECT TYPE
- PERSONAL/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/64 K
- DATE
- 1983
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0114.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Commodore Business Machines Ltd.
- MODEL
- C64
- LOCATION
- Agincourt, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- SC236924
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING & KEYS, METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ RUBBER? FEET/ CARDBOARD CARTON WITH STYROFOAM PADDING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.5 cm
- Width
- 20.5 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital computing devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Commodore
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Agincourt
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1980'S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN-MADE PERSONAL COMPUTER, VERY SUCCESSFULLY MARKETED IN CANADA AS ELSEWHERE. THIS WIDELY POPULAR PC WAS USED BY FAMILIES & SCHOOLS IN EARLY TO MID 1980S. THIS ONE WAS USED BY DONOR'S FAMILY PRIMARILY TO PLAY GAMES (WITH COLOUR TELEVISION AS MONITOR) & LATER FOR WORD PROCESSING USING COMMODORE'S 'EDITOR' SOFTWARE. - Function
-
PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING (VIA BUILT-IN KEYBOARD) & PROCESSING DATA. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED PRIMARILY TO PLAY GAMES & DO WORD PROCESSING. - Technical
-
INTRODUCED IN 1982, C64 WAS FIRST PC WITH REASONABLE COMPUTING POWER TO COST LESS THAN $1000. IT BECAME MOST POPULAR HOME PC IN HISTORY DUE TO TECHNICAL MERIT (SYNTHESIZER CHIP & GOOD COLOUR GRAPHICS) & GOOD MARKETING (SOLD IN DEPARTMENT STORES). IT BEGAN TREND TO MULTIMEDIA PCS WITH ITS SYNTHESIZER CARD, LATER COLOUR MONITOR, & INTEGRATED SOFTWARE IN ROM (PLUS 4, 1984). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS'commodore/ MODEL/MODELE C64/ NO. SC 23692' & 'MADE IN CANADA/ FABRIQUE AU CANADA'/ GREY LETTERING ON BROWN SYNTHETIC ON TOP READS 'C Commodore 64'/ MULTICOLOURED LETTERING ON BOX READING 'C commodore 64' & DESCRIBING PRODUCT, INCLUDING 'Commodore Business Machines Limited, 3370 Pharmacy Avenue, Agincourt,/ Ontario M1W 2K4'
- Missing
- MONITOR (IN THIS CASE USER'S TELEVISION)/ SEE 2000.0049 FOR COMMODORE MONITOR
- Finish
- BEIGE TEXTURED CASING WITH BROWN KEYS, RED LIGHT
- Decoration
- MULTICOLOURED STRIPING ON MFR'S LABEL ON TOP/ MULTICOLOURED ILLUSTRATION OF COMPUTER & GAME SCENARIO ON BOX
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