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Commodore Semiconductor Group. Commodore International Corporation (other names include Commodore International Limited) was a home computer and electronics manufacturer with executive offices in the United States and its financial headquarters in The Bahamas, founded by Jack Tramiel and Irving Gould.
Jack Tramiel. Jack Tramiel (/ trəˈmɛl / trə-MEL; born Idek Trzmiel; December 13, 1928 – April 8, 2012) was a Polish-American businessman and Holocaust survivor, best known for founding Commodore International. [3] The Commodore PET, VIC-20, and Commodore 64 are some home computers produced while he was running the company.
The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). [4] It has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the highest-selling single computer model of all time, [5] with independent estimates ...
The Commodore PET is a line of personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International. [3] A single all-in-one case combines a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor, Commodore BASIC in read-only memory, keyboard, monochrome monitor, and, in early models, a cassette deck. Development of the system began in 1976, and it was ...
MAX Machine (or simply MAX), also known as Ultimax in the United States and Canada and VC-10 in Germany, is a Video game console designed and sold by Commodore International in Japan, beginning in early 1982, a predecessor to the popular Commodore 64, also sharing a lot of components with the C64. [1] The Commodore 64 manual mentions the ...
The Commodore Plus/4 is a home computer released by Commodore International in 1984. The "Plus/4" name refers to the four-application ROM -resident office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, database, and graphing); it was billed as "the productivity computer with software built in". [citation needed]
Electronics companies established in 1954. Computer companies disestablished in 1994. Defunct companies based in Pennsylvania. Amiga companies. Hidden categories: Commons category link is on Wikidata. Wikipedia categories named after information technology companies of the United States.
World of Commodore is an annual computer expo dedicated to Commodore computers. The shows were initially organized by Commodore Canada or its sister companies, and took place at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, though in some years additional expos were held in the United States, Australia, or Europe.