On April 19 1982, Commodore International released the B(700) and P(500) series of microcomputers, featuring a 6509 CPU, 64KB RAM expandable to 256KB, 28KB ROM, an 80×25 green phosphor monitor, a built-in 94-key keyboard, two 5.25-inch floppy disk drives, and several I/O ports.
These machines ran Basic as their operating system, and the price ranged between $1,700 up to $3,000.
What is Commodore International?
Commodore International (or Commodore International Limited) was an American home computer and electronics manufacturer. It owned a subsidiary called Commodore Business Machines (CBM) which played a major role in developing home and personal computers in the 1970s and 1980s.The company developed one of the world's best-selling desktop computers, the Commodore 64 (1982) and released its Amiga computer line in 1985.
To read more about the history of this company, please refer to its article published on Wikipedia.
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