C65 Architecture

C65, Part 3: Inner life

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The Commodore 65 – in addition to the internal competition from the Amiga – had to contend with the fact that it was developed in a world that was undergoing radical change. After literally slow beginnings as a better typewriter and desk calculator, the PC had really picked up speed and was also about to take over the market for home computers thanks to the bad buzzword „multimedia“.

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C65, Part 1: Theory

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In 1991, the Commodore 65 was Commodore’s answer to a question that nobody had asked. This device is symptomatic of the mismanagement that had plagued Commodore since the departure of company founder Jack Tramiel. The 65 remained a prototype, only a few examples of which can be found among collectors today.

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