BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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Apple Macintosh
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The Commodore 64
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Apple II
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Chromebook
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Guinness Book of World Records says the C64 is the best selling single computer model of all time with sales of about 30 million units between 1982 and 1993. Commodore blew it, though, and bigger companies like IBM got into the act. Dell, Apple and other PC manufacturers have since dominated the market.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Commodore 64 is the single most popular computer system ever sold. Released in 1982, the Commodore 64 had a 1MHz with 64KB RAM CPU and two big draws: a powerful, programmable sound chip and powerful graphics for a 1982 computer.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was more powerful and cheaper than any of its competitors (the Apple II, IBM-PC, or the TRS-80). The success of the Commodore 64 was due in part to marketing – it was not only sold by authorized dealers but in department stores, discount stores, toy stores and college bookstores as well.
Detailed explanation-4: -C=SOFT OS is a Commodore 64 Operating System, which was written in the BASIC programming language with the intention of showing just what is possible on the marvellous machine.