Photos: Dissecting a dinosaur, the Commodore 64

By Mark Kaelin on 27 February 2008

Tags: commodore 64 | dissect | legacy | photos | chip

Marvel at the machine that pioneered the person computer revolution; the Commodore 64. In this photo gallery we reveal the guts that gave the commodore 64 its glory.

In the early 1980s, the Commodore 64 was a very successful home personal computer. It not only played games, but also but also had word processing and a modem for downloading free and shareware applications. In many ways, the Commodore 64 was the pioneer of everything we take for granted in a personal computer world today.

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whyibother
27/02/2008 09:14 PM

Mine Still Works !! I had to go back to it after I "upgraded" to Vista.

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Tom
18/04/2008 05:42 AM

Though I never owned this machine, I did have the awesome Commodore Amiga 500. Didn't upgrade from it until 1998 ;P

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