Commodore International

Commodore is the commonly used name for Commodore International, a West Chester, Pennsylvania based electronics company who was a vital player in the personal computer field. Commodore developed and marketed the world's best-selling machine, the Commodore 64. The company declared bankruptcy in 1994, but there have since been several attempts to revive their Amiga systems.

Product line

Computers, 8-bit

(listed chronologically)

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• Commodore PET/CBM range
• Commodore VIC-20 - aka VC-20
• Commodore CBM-II range - aka B-range aka 600/700 range
• Commodore 64 - incl C64C
• Commodore SX-64 - all-in-one portable C64 incl screen and disk drive
• Commodore 16 - incl C116, incompatible with C64
• Commodore Plus/4 - compatible with C16
• Commodore LCD - LCD-equipped laptop (never released)
• Commodore 128 - incl 128D and 128DCR
• Commodore 65 - C64 successor (never released)

Computers, 16/32-bit

• Commodore 900 (never released)
• Commodore Amiga range
• IBM PC clones - Commodore Colt, PC1, PC10, PC20, PC30, PC40, ..., 486SX-LTC

Peripherals

(listed by model number; IEEE-488 devices primarily used with PET/CBM range systems)

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• Commodore 1350 - Mouse (joystick emulation only, thus unable to track differing speeds)
• Commodore 1351 - Mouse (for use with GEOS and point'n'click apps; analog input, allowing it to track differing speeds)
• Commodore 1530 - Data cassette recorder (aka C2N)
• Commodore 1531 - Data cassette recorder (like 1530 but for C16 & Plus/4)
• Commodore 1540 - 5¼" Floppy disk drive for use with the VIC-20
• Commodore 1541 - 5¼" Floppy disk drive (incl 1541C and 1541-II) for use with the C64 and later
• Commodore 1551 - 5¼" Floppy disk drive (for C16 & Plus/4; connects to cartridge port)

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• Commodore 1570 - 5¼" Floppy disk drive (primarily for C128), single sided
• Commodore 1571 - 5¼" Floppy disk drive (primarily for C128), double sided
• Commodore 1581 - 3½" Floppy disk drive
• Commodore 1701/1702 - Composite video and Y/C (chroma/luma) monitor
• Commodore 1700/1750/1764 - RAM Expansion Unit (REU) for C64/128, with 128/512/256 KB (in that order)
• Commodore 1801/1802 - Composite video and Y/C monitor
• Commodore 1901/1902/2002 - Composite, Y/C, and RGB monitor
• Commodore 2031/4031 - 5¼" Floppy disk drive with IEEE-488 interface
• Commodore 2031LP - 5¼" Floppy disk drive with IEEE-488 interface (PET/CBM version of Commodore 1541)
• Commodore 4040 - 5¼" Dual floppy disk drive with IEEE-488 interface
• Commodore 8050/8250/8250LP - 5¼" Dual "quad" density floppy disk drive with IEEE-488 interface
• Commodore 8280 - 8" Floppy disk drive with IEEE-488 interface
• Commodore 9060/9090 - Hard disk drive with 5 MB/10 MB capacity and IEEE-488 interface
• Commodore SFD-1001 - 5¼" Double sided, quad density floppy disk drive with IEEE-488 interface

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• Commodore 4510