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Commodore 64

Commodore 8-bit · 1982

The best-selling computer model ever made, by a margin nobody has approached. The reason is two chips: the VIC-II, with hardware sprites and smooth scrolling, and the SID, a real analogue synthesiser that gave games music people still listen to. Commodore's own chip fabs let them price it at will and starve the competition. Breadbin and later boards differ; the SID revisions sound different, and collectors care which is fitted.

As catalogued

Maker
Commodore
CPU
MOS 6510-1.02
Memory
64K
Board issues
ASSY 326298, ASSY 250407, ASSY 250425, ASSY 250466
Styles
silver label, rainbow label, Aldi C64 (short board)
Regions
PAL, NTSC
Chassis
breadbin
OS
Commodore BASIC 2.0

Chips

6
CPU
MOS 6510, MOS 6510R4, MOS 8500
VIC-II
MOS 6567R56A, MOS 6567R8, MOS 6569R1, MOS 6569R3, MOS 6569R4, MOS 6569R5, MOS 8562, MOS 8565
SID
MOS 6581, MOS 6581R2, MOS 6581R3, MOS 6581R4, MOS 6581R4AR, MOS 6582, MOS 8580, MOS 8580R5
CIA
MOS 6526, MOS 6526A, MOS 8521
PLA
MOS 906114-01, Signetics 82S100, MOS 252535-01, MOS 251715-01
Kernal ROM
901227-01, 901227-02, 901227-03, 251913-01

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