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Commodore Business Machines was founded in 1958 by an
Auschwitz survivor named Jack Tramiel.
After some time in the typewriter, adding machine, and hand-held
calculator markets,
Commodore became first company to announce that it was
producing a consumer-friendly home computer
(the PET 2001). Before
they filed bankruptcy in 1994, Commodore had also managed to produce
the worlds first multi-media computer
(the Amiga)
, and what is still today the best selling computer model
of all time
(the Commodore 64).
Although this once dominant company is no more,
they still yet live in the hearts of those who loved and appreciated
this early pioneer in the realm of personal computers.
The first Commodore I ever layed fingers
on was a PET-4032 in 6th grade.
After playing Weather, and some of the old text adventures, there
was no turning back; I was hooked! Not long after, like the rest of
the free world, I got a Commodore 64 and wore out the joystick.
Then one day, quite to my surprise, I discovered that there were
more commands available to me than LOAD and RUN.
I took straight to BASIC, and was soon writing games and applications for
amusement. Some I wrote with friends who had formed a
programmer's group.
Most of those programs are lost now, but the BBS I wrote
(Zelch)
still remains one of my proudest accomplishments.
I still use my beloved Commodores on a daily bases.
These days I mainly write software for
GEOS, which is the best thing ever
to happen to our happy 8-bits. You can occassionally find my work on
Loadstar 64, and of course my
BBS programs page listed below.
Commodore Features
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If you find anything in here you have questions or comments about, feel
free to leave me email right here.
If you have a Commodore question, however, be sure to check out the
comp.sys.cbm FAQ first!.
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