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MOS 6504-based (not 6502-)
Some guy with KanYe West glasses about to hit face in the floor, and the boys cross over to each other's sides. Hot.
Note: Some of you may know my misery regarding when Justice first came to Vancouver. I brought my wide angle lens and was denied by security because I had a "professional camera" (oh please). So tonight I brought my stalker lens and had a rematch with Justice hitting up the Commodore Ballroom. Sweet.
This dramatic statue dominates the old quay in Wexford city. It shows Commodore John Barry, a Wexford native who played a pivotal role in the founding of the US navy.
You can read more about the commodore here.
The Commodore 64, commonly called C64, C=64 (after the graphic logo on the case) or occasionally CBM 64 (for Commodore Business Machines), or VIC-64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International.
Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$ 595. Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore PET, the C64 took its name from its 64 kilobytes (65,536 bytes) of RAM, and had favorable sound and graphical specifications when compared to contemporary systems such as the Apple II, at a price that was well below the circa US$ 1200 demanded by Apple.
During the C64's lifetime, sales totalled between 12.5 and 17 million units, making it the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. For a substantial period (1983–1986), the C64 dominated the market with between 30% and 40% share and 2 million units sold per year, outselling the IBM PC compatibles, Apple Inc. computers, and Atari 8-bit family computers.
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In January 1981, MOS Technology, Inc., Commodore's integrated circuit design subsidiary, initiated a project to design the graphic and audio chips for a next generation video game console. Design work for the chips, named MOS Technology VIC-II (graphics) and MOS Technology SID (audio), was completed in November 1981.
Commodore then began a game console project that would use the new chips—called the Ultimax or alternatively the Commodore MAX Machine, engineered by Yash Terakura from Commodore Japan. This project was eventually cancelled after just a few machines were manufactured for the Japanese market.
At the same time, Robert "Bob" Russell (system programmer and architect on the VIC-20) and Robert "Bob" Yannes (engineer of the SID) were critical of the current product line-up at Commodore, which was a continuation of the Commodore PET line aimed at business users. With the support of Al Charpentier (engineer of the VIC-II) and Charles Winterble (manager of MOS Technology), they proposed to Commodore CEO Jack Tramiel a true low-cost sequel to the VIC-20. Tramiel dictated that the machine should have 64 kB of random-access memory (RAM). Although 64 kB of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cost over US$100 at the time, he knew that DRAM prices were falling, and would drop to an acceptable level before full production was reached. In November, Tramiel set a deadline for the first weekend of January, to coincide with the 1982 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
The product was code named the VIC-40 as the successor to the popular VIC-20. The team that constructed it consisted of Bob Russell, Bob Yannes and David A. Ziembicki. The design, prototypes and some sample software was finished in time for the show, after the team had worked tirelessly over both Thanksgiving and Christmas weekends.
The machine incorporated Commodore BASIC 2.0 in ROM. BASIC also served as the user interface shell and was available immediately on startup at the READY. prompt.
When the product was to be presented, the VIC-40 product was renamed C64 to fit the then-current Commodore business products lineup which contained the P128 and the B256, both named by a letter and their respective total memory size (in KBytes).
The C64 made an impressive debut at the January 1982 Winter Consumer Electronics Show, as recalled by Production Engineer David A. Ziembicki: "All we saw at our booth were Atari people with their mouths dropping open, saying, 'How can you do that for $595?'" The answer, as it turned out, was vertical integration; thanks to Commodore's ownership of MOS Technology's semiconductor fabrication facilities, each C64 had an estimated production cost of only US$135.
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The Midsummer celebrations at Sorunda always feature a few classic cars. This is a Opel Commodore from 1970.
1961 Büssing Commodore at Auto- und Technikmuseum Sinsheim, Germany.
Büssing was founded in 1903 and quickly became one of Europe's leading manufacturers of commercial vehicles.
After WWI Büssing acquired truck manufacturers Mannesman-Mulag and Komnick and in 1931 Büssing merged with NAG, the automobile division of electrical company AEG. The brand Büssing-NAG was used until 1950, when Büssing took over all of AEG shares. Büssing continued production until 1971, when it was taken over by MAN.
To keep the legacy alive, the "Büssing-Lion" was integrated into MAN logo
Büssing Commodore (1961-)
11.500 Litre Diesel engine
192 PS
The village womanizer, with his brand new Commodore and a matching shirt, picks up his latest girlfriend at the railway station.
For more information about The National Museum of Computing , visit www.tnmoc.org
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An early and uncommon Japanese radio. According to the date codes on the capacitors this radio was produced sometime in the fall of 1957. It was certainly inspired by the design of Sony's historic TR-63. Still this Commodore managed some nice features on the front which set it apart. Rather than utilizing a perforated metal speaker grille the entire facade is covered with a horizontal lattice grille, separated by a metal band. The contrasting black thumbwheel dial is attractive and strategically inset into the cabinet to avoid any accidental tuning.
it is slightly larger than the TR-63 and is equally hefty and solidly built.
The radio works but the tone is a bit thin, it may need new capacitors or an alignment.
My guess is that this radio was made by Koyo (Koyo Denki Co., Ltd) ......click on the chassis pic below to see why.
121005-N-AI329-005 Columbia, Md. (October 5, 2012 ) MUC Luis Hernandez performs on tenor saxophone during a concert at Howard County Community College in Columbia, Md. The Commodores are the Navy's premier jazz ensemble. (U.S. Navy photo by Musician First Class Jeremy Buckler/Released)
Rallaye Commodore G-AWOC at the 1973 Hawker Siddeley families day at Hatfield.
Photo by John W. Read.
Still working on photos from our trip to Colorado. This is a big view of the Commodore Mine that is on the Bachelor Historical Loop Tour in Creede, Colorado.
12/2022 - Commodore, PA
Corman recently had a rail train on the property dropping new CWR at the Commodore Loop to replace the stick rail. This old piece of rail is marked Lackawanna 1927. Speculation was that the new rail may have come from the Kiski Junction Railroad but that rail went to the South Kansas & Oklahoma RR.
121005-N-AI329-006 Columbia, Md. (October 5, 2012 ) MUC Luis Hernandez performs on tenor saxophone during a concert at Howard County Community College in Columbia, Md. The Commodores are the Navy's premier jazz ensemble. (U.S. Navy photo by Musician First Class Jeremy Buckler/Released)
Tiny reverse porro binocular with dim image from its tiny objectives and 2mm exit pupil. Funky though!
Usable with Spectacles =No
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120605-N-AI329-062 WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 5, 2012) MUC Luis Hernandez solos on tenor saxophone during a Commodores concert at the Navy Memorial in downtown Washington, D.C. The Commodores are the Navy's premier jazz ensemble.(U.S. Navy Photo by MU1 Jeremy Buckler/Released)