Commodore, Microsoft, and the BASIC garbage collector
John Feagans fills in the story behind Microsoft’s one sentence about the 1978 BASIC garbage collector work, including how bugs were reported to Microsoft by Telex.
Commodore International Historical Society Blog
How many c64 (and c128) were actually sold?
10,594,000 total unit sales of the Commodore 64 throughout the lifetime of the company. 1,756,000 total unit sales of the Commodore 128 throughout the lifetime of the company. 12,350,000 combined unit sales of the...
The Quantum Link Commodore Forum Archive Is Now Online
30 original Quantum Link Commodore Forum transcripts (1985-1987) are now archived on the site.
Commodore at the June, 1981 Summer CES in Chicago, IL
This is a collection of black and white photos taken of Commodore’s booth at the June, 1981 Summer CES in Chicago, IL. These photos were among a large collection of documents and photos procured...
The Commodore Programmable Thermostat
The Commodore Programmable Thermostat One of the lesser-known, non-computer items that Commodore put to market was a programmable thermostat, released by Commodore’s consumer products division. It was intended to provide increased energy efficiency for...
Commodore International at the 1984 Winter CES
1984 International Winter Consumer Electronics Show The 1984 International Winter Consumer Electronics Show was held from January 7 – January 10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Commodore International was in attendance at the...
Commodore History Presentation with Leonard Tramiel at VCF West
I recently had the great honor of doing a joint presentation with Leonard Tramiel at VCF West in Mountain View, California on August 5, 2023.
Early Commodore History presentation at VCF East in 2023
I was invited to do a presentation at the 2023 VCF East in Wall, NJ on April 15, 2023. There wasn’t any AV set up in the room to record my talk, but my...
The Commodore 8010 Acoustic Coupler modem
The Commodore 8010 acoustic coupler modem appears to have been released around 1980, based on the hand written dates on the PCB of the device I have. I recently picked this one up from...
Commodore “Vixen” History
Drawing from a number of sources including Brian Bagnall’s Commodore: A Company on the Edge, internal documents provided by Michael Tomczyk, various discussions in the Commodore International Historical Society Facebook group, and a litany...
The Challenges of Document Preservation
Commodore historians are perhaps fortunate that in the earliest years of the company, Commodore ran somewhat afoul of the authorities due to their relationship with the Atlantic Acceptance Corporation. Atlantic Acceptance was a Canadian...
The Commodore Logo: A brief history
If you’ve ever been curious about the origins of or the meaning of the world famous Commodore logo, often referred to as the “chicken lips” logo, wonder no more. I put together a short...