May 1981 · Computer or hardware
Commodore VIC-20 (1981)
Colour home computer that became the first to sell a million units, marketed with William Shatner.
It had 5 KB RAM and a 6502-compatible CPU and set up the Commodore 64.
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Facts
- Date
- May 1981
- Kind
- Computer or hardware
- Maker or publisher
- Commodore
- CPU
- MOS 6502
- CPU speed
- 1.02 MHz
- RAM installed
- 5 KB
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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- Commodore 64 (successor, 1982)
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