In the meantime, new engineer Robert Yannes at MOS Technology (then a part of Commodore) designed a computer in his home dubbed the MicroPET and finished a prototype with help from Al Charpentier and Charles Winterble. Radio Shack had been achieving considerable success with the TRS-80 Model I, a relatively low-cost machine that was widely sold to novices and in 1980 released the Color Computer, which was aimed at the home and educational markets, used ROM cartridges for software, and connected to a TV set. However, the chip could not be used in the TOI since it required very expensive static RAM to operate fast enough.Īs the new decade began, the price of computer hardware was dropping and Tramiel saw an emerging market for low-price computers that could be sold at retail stores to relative novices rather than professionals or people with an electronics or programming background. The TOI computer failed to materialize, mostly because it required an 80-column character display which in turn required the MOS Technology 6564 chip.
For this reason Chuck Peddle and Bill Seiler started to design a computer named TOI (The Other Intellect). It was described as "one of the first anti-spectatorial, non-esoteric computers by design.no longer relegated to hobbyist/enthusiasts or those with money, the computer Commodore developed was the computer of the future." History Īs the Apple II gained momentum with the advent of VisiCalc in 1979, Jack Tramiel wanted a product that would compete in the same segment, to be presented at the January 1980 CES. The VIC-20 was the first computer of any description to sell one million units. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980, roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET. The VIC-20 (known as the VC-20 in Germany and the VIC-1001 in Japan) is an 8-bit home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines. MOS Technology VIC 3 square and 1 noise channels Ĭommodore 64, Commodore 16, Commodore MAX Machine
MOS Technology 6502 1.108 MHz (PAL) 1.02 MHz (NTSC)Ģ0 KB ROM + 5 KB RAM (expandable to 32 KB)ģ.5 KB for BASIC (expandable to 27.5 KB) Ĭommodore 1701 176 x 184, 16 color composite palette Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points.
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