C64

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Bigger than Mac
According to the 2001 edition of Guinness book of records, the C64 was the most "prolific computing device ever manufactured". During its production run from 1982 to... 1993, about 30 million (!) units were sold. To put this number in perspective, that's more than all the Macintoshes in the world.

Technical Specs
NAME 	C 64

MANUFACTURER 	Commodore

TYPE 	Home Computer

ORIGIN 	U.S.A.

YEAR 	1982

END OF PRODUCTION 	1993

BUILT IN LANGUAGE 	Basic

KEYBOARD 	Full-stroke 66 keys with 4 function keys

CPU 	6510

SPEED 	0.985 MHz (PAL) / 1.023 MHz (NTSC)

COPROCESSOR 	VIC II (Video), SID (Sound)

RAM 	64 KB

ROM 	20 KB

TEXT MODES 	40 columns x 25 lines

GRAPHIC MODES 	several, most used : 320 x 200

COLORS 	16 + 16 border colours

SOUND 	3 voices / 9 octaves, 4 waveforms (sound output through TV)

SIZE / WEIGHT 	40.4 (W) x 21.6 (D) x 7.5 (H) cm / 1820 g

I/O PORTS 	RGB (composite, chroma/luma and sound in/out), 2 x Joystick plugs, Cardridge slot, Tape interfarce (300 bps), Serial, User Port, TV RF output

BUILT IN MEDIA 	Cassette unit. Provision for 170 KB 5.25'' floppy disc unit (1541)

POWER SUPPLY 	External power supply unit

PRICE 	$595 (USA, 1982) - £229 (U.K. 1984)

Links
the famous Arnold FTP homepage

the famous Arnold FTP

C64 on old-computers.com

ftp.scs-trc.net/pub/c64/

lemon64.com

c64.sk

C64 Game Guide

c64.org

c64.com

Java C64 - play on C64 in your browser

c64.ch demo scene related

c64-treasure.com

Project64 - the most comprehensive source for Commodore Computer manuals on the internet

C64 emulation

windows based D64 editor

I love C64

The C64 Scene Database

Remix64 A World of c64 and Amiga Music Remixes

Commodore 64 Crap Games Compo 2004

c64.rulez.org

C64 Hall of Fame

C64 Harddisk Project

World of C64 Crackintros

Commodore 8-bit server

c64.revivalteam (remixes)

The CCS C64 Emulator

also see Vice