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  •  Computers
    • Commodore MOS KIM1 – First Single Board Computer
    • Commodore PET – The Worlds First Personal Computer
      • Commodore PET Serial Number Project
    • Commodore VIC20 – First Computer to Sell 1M Units
    • Commodore 64 – The Best Selling Computer In History
    • Commodore Plus/4 C16 264 – The Beginning of the End
    • Commodore 128 – The Most Versatile 8-Bit Computer
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  •  History
    • Commodore – The Company
      • Commodore – A Brief History
      • Commodore – Innovations and Firsts
      • Commodore – Early History
      • Commodore – Chronological History of Commodore Computer
      • Commodore – Quarter Century: From Retail Shop to Global Giant – 1983
      • MOS – The Rise of MOS Technology & The 6502
      • MOS – The New 6500 CPU’s
      • C64 – They Adored Their 64s – 2002
      • GEOS – Looking Back
      • Commodore Bankruptcy – Associated Press 1994
    • Commodore – The People
      • Jack Tramiel – Early History of Jack Tramiel’s Commodore
      • Jack Tramiel – Developing a Concentration Camp Mentality in Sales
      • Jack Tramiel – You Don’t Know Jack!
      • Jack Tramiel – Survival and Starting Over
      • Jack Tramiel – King of the Home Computer
      • Jack Tramiel – A Tough Man For A Tough Job – Commodore to Atari
      • JACK TRAMIEL DECLARES WAR! on Commodore
      • Commodore Executive Rift Denied As Tramiel Quits – New York Times
      • Irving Gould – The Money Man
      • The Crazy Story of How Irving Gould Ended Up Owning and Killing Commodore
      • Chuck Peddle – Inventor of The Personal Computer
      • Chuck Peddle – Inventor of the Personal Computer, Dead at 81
      • Bill Mench – The Brains Behind The Brains
      • Thomas Rattigan – One More Commodore CEO
      • Mehdi Ali – The End of Commodore
      • Michael Tomczyk – Commodore VIC-20 History & What went Wrong
      • Jim Butterfield – Meet Jim Butterfield
      • Fender Tucker – The Commodore Loadstar Man
    • The Future?
      • Future? Computers In The Home & Cars: 1982
      • Future? What is Telecomputing – 1983
      • Future? Computer Peripherals of the Future 1985
      • Future? Commodore 64 Car Pilot 1984
      • Future? – VIDEO: The Internet Explained in 1969
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    • Commodore Videos, TV and Radio Adverts
    • Commodore Miscellaneous Gallery
  •  Magazines
    • Commodore Magazines Articles
    • Ahoy! Magazines – Issue 1 Through 30
    • Ahoy! Magazines – Issue 31 Through 61
    • COMPUTE! Magazines – Issue 1 Through 43
    • COMPUTE! Magazines – Issue 44 Through 90
    • COMPUTE! Magazines – Issue 91 Through 130
    • COMPUTE! Magazines – Issue 131 Through 166
    • COMPUTE GAZETTE Magazines – Issue 1 Through 43
    • COMPUTE! GAZETTE Magazines – Issue 46 Through 84
    • RUN Magazines
    • ReRUN Magazines
    • The Transactor Magazine & Books
  •  Arcade
    •  Emulators
  •  Manuals
    • Commodore Manuals
    • Commodore Searchable Parts List
    • FUNet Commodore Computer Super Site
    • FUNet Commodore GEOS Supersite
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Tech Obituaries

Bill Godbout: Master Maverick of Early Microcomputers 18 Nov 2018

Silicon Valley legend dies in (California) firestorm that has killed scores while more than 1,000 are missing Obit Bill Godbout, a maverick techie who played a pivotal role in getting computers into the hands of the masses, was killed this week in California’s wildfires. He was aged 79. Godbout was Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 4 yearsNovember 19, 2018 ago
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In 1984 Amiga Was The Only Good News

In 1984 Amiga Was The Only Good News At the end of 1984 a small startup named Amiga Inc has developed some amazing technology but is near bankruptcy.  Amiga took a one month, $1M loan from the new owner of Atari, Jack Tramiel.  He tried to use the loan as a wedge to Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 4 years ago
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VIDEO: Please Help The People of Fort McMurray Alberta Canada – City on Fire

In the unlikely event you have not heard about the devastating wild fire in Fort McMurray Alberta Canada, please take 3 minutes to watch this summary of the events of May 3 to 6, 2016. The town has been devastated in what is Canada’s largest and most expensive disaster. This Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 7 yearsMay 8, 2016 ago
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By Ian Matthews, 10 yearsMay 25, 2013 ago
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Status Update: Commodore.ca Migration To New Platform

We started the migration from the old HTML & ASP based Commodore.ca to the new WordPress site back in January 2013 and as you can see we are making some serious progress.  Now that the core of the site is up we plan to make this the primary site in the Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 10 yearsMay 25, 2013 ago
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