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March 18, 2019

20 Vintage Photographs of People With Their Commodore 64, One of the
Most Beloved Home Computers of All Time

 March 18, 2019     1980s, humor & hilarious, life & culture, people,
portraits, science & technology   
The 8-bit home computer Commodore 64 (commonly known as the C64 or C=
64), introduced by Commodore International in January, 1982, was a
machine with remarkable market success. Volume production started
sometime in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to
the market in August at a price of $595. During the his lifetime,
sales totaled some 17 million units, making it the best-selling
single personal computer model of all time.

For a substantial period of time (1983-1986), the Commodore 64
dominated the market with between 30% and 40% share and 2 million
units sold per year, outselling the IBM PC clones, Apple computers,
and Atari computers. Sam Tramiel, a former Atari president said in a
1989 interview "When I was at Commodore we were building 400 000 C64s
a month for a couple of years."

Part of the Commodore 64 success was because it was sold in retail
stores instead of electronics stores, and that these machines can be
directly plugged into an existing home television without any
modifications. Commodore produced many of its parts in-house to
control supplies and cost. Improving the reliability, as well as
reduce manufacturing costs, eventually, it cost only about $25.00 to
manufacture, and the consumer price of the C-64 dropped to around
$200.00.

Another part of the Commodore 64 success was because approximately
10000 commercial software titles were made for the Commodore 64
including development tools, office applications, and games. The
machine is also credited with popularizing the computer demo scene.
The Commodore 64 is still used today by some computer hobbyists.
Below are some amazing photographs of people posing with their
Commodore 64 from the 1980s.

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