GK
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
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Detailed explanation-1: -Commodore introduces the VIC-20 Commodore releases the VIC-20 home computer as the successor to the Commodore PET personal computer. Intended to be a less expensive alternative to the PET, the VIC-20 was highly successful, becoming the first computer to sell more than a million units.
Detailed explanation-2: -The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard. Released on August 12, 1981, it was created by a team of engineers and designers directed by Don Estridge in Boca Raton, Florida.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the early part of the 1980s, the dominant microprocessors used in home computers were the 8-bit MOS Technology 6502 (Apple, Commodore, Atari, BBC Micro) and Zilog Z80 (TRS-80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 128, Amstrad CPC). One exception was the TI-99 series, announced in 1979 with a 16-bit TMS9900 CPU.
Detailed explanation-4: -Clearly, by the fall of 1984, computers were a part of many lives. Of the 221, 268, 000 persons aged 3 or above, 46, 641, 000 (21.1 percent) were reported to use a computer in some direct way.