Commodore product overview

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In this product overview some of the Commodore computers and peripheral devices are listed.

computer

KIM-1
PET 2001
Office computer CBM 3032
CBM 8032-SK
CBM 610
CBM 710

Single board computer

Office computer

Home computers

  • VC 10 - also known as the Commodore MAX Machine or Ultimax ; technological predecessor of the C64, which was only sold in very small numbers in Japan
  • VC 20 - German name for an 8-bit computer sold in the rest of the world under the name VIC 20
  • C64 - the world's best-selling 8-bit home computer , which was sold until the 1990s
  • SX-64 and DX-64 - portable version of the C64 with integrated floppy drive; as DX-64 available for a short time with two floppy drives, but taken off the market very quickly due to thermal problems.
  • Commodore 264 series ( C16 , C116 , Plus4 ) - originally intended as the C64 successor, finally marketed in parallel to the C64 as an independent 8-bit model series.
  • C128 - CP / M -capable 8-bit successor to the C64 with three operating systems
  • C65 - successor to the C64 that was not ready for series production
  • C256 - successor to the C128 that was not ready for series production
  • Amiga - 16/32-bit series of home computers with outstanding graphics capabilities
  • VIC-1001 - a package consisting of VIC 20 . Datasette , game modules and joystick that was only sold in Japan

Game consoles

Amiga

Keyboard housing models

Amiga 500 with 1084S RGB monitor, mouse and external A1010 floppy disk drive. The workbench can be seen on the screen .

Desktop and tower versions

IBM compatible PCs

Disk drives

Floppy disk drives

Drives 4031, 4040, 8050
The VC1541

General information about the drive hardware can be found as a secondary topic in the article about CBM floppy drives and their Commodore DOS .

  • 5 1 / 4  -inch floppy disk devices (allg. VC15xx ) with a drive and CBM bus - Interface
  • 3 1 ⁄ 2-  inch floppy disk drives with one drive and CBM bus interface
  • 5 1 ⁄ 4-  inch double floppy disk drives with IEEE-488 interface (= IEC-625 bus )
    • CBM 2020 - first execution with program errors
    • CBM 2040 - revised ROMs , DOS  1, 670 blocks for user files, can write a VC1541-like format, so readable on CBM 4040, CBM 2031, CBM 4031, VC1540, VC1541, VC1551. VC 1570 and VC1571
    • CBM 3040 - like CBM 2040, suitable for the CBM-3xxx series
    • CBM 4040 - DOS 2.0 / 2.1, 664 blocks for user files, "relative files", read and write compatible with CBM 4031, CBM 2031, VC1541, VC1551, VC1570 and VC1571, 2 × 170 KB
    • CBM 8050 - DOS 2.5 / 2.7, writing on one side, four times the writing density, 2 × 500 KB
    • CBM 8250 - DOS 2.7, writing on both sides, four times the writing density, 2 × 1 MB
    • CBM 8250lp - like CBM 8250, "low profile" - new design, suitable for the CBM-Pet-II series
  • 5 1 ⁄ 4-  inch single floppy disk drives with IEEE-488 (= IEC-625 bus ) interface
    • CBM 4031 - like CBM 4040, 1 × 170 KB
    • CBM 2031 - like CBM 4031, "low profile" - new design like VC1541, like this one only with a microprocessor 6502
    • SFD 1001 - like CBM 8250, "low profile", 1 × 1 MB, s. a. SFD 100x
  • 8-inch double floppy disk drives with IEEE-488 interface (= IEC-625 bus )
    • CBM 8280 - 1 MB or 512 KB per drive
  • Amiga floppy disk drives
    • A1010 - external 3 1 ⁄ 2-  inch drive (tall)
    • A1011 - external 3 1 ⁄ 2-  inch drive (flat)
    • A1020 - external 5 1 ⁄ 4-  inch drive
    • CD-1411 - external 3 1 ⁄ 2-  inch drive (black, for CDTV, technically identical to A1011)

The 5 1 ⁄ 4-  inch drives with the high capacity of 0.5 or 1 MB, like the models with lower capacity, are designed for double-density diskette material (DD), with high-density diskettes (HD) not work reliably.

CD-ROM drives

Tape drives

Compact cassette drives

Datasette

Hard drives

  • IEEE 488 interface (= IEC 625 bus )
  • A590 (20 megabyte SCSI hard drive unit for Amiga 500/500 +)
  • A2090, A2091 (plug-in cards for Amiga 2000 with hard disk controller)

printer

The dot matrix printer MPS-802

Dot peen / Unihammer printer

The printers of the VC and MPS series are equipped with the serial bus for the C64 and relatives, the CBM and MPP printers with the parallel bus for the CBM computers.

  • VC1515
  • VC1525 (identical to Seikosha GP-100VC)
  • generally see MPS series
  • MPS 801 (identical to Seikosha GP-500VC)
  • VC1526 (predecessor of MPS 802)
  • MPS 802 (mechanics of the CBM 4023)
  • MPS 803
  • MPS 1000
  • MPS 1200 (MPS 1200P)
  • MPS 1224C
  • MPS 1230
  • MPS 1250
  • MPS 1270
  • MPS 1280
  • MPS 1500
  • MPS 1500 C
  • MPS 1550 C
  • MCS 810
  • MCS 820
  • CBM 4022 (originally an Epson MX 80), CBM 4023
  • CBM 8023 (predecessor of MPP 1361)
  • CBM 8024 (mechanics from Mannesmann Tally)
  • MPP 1361 (mechanics from Brother)
  • MPS 2000 (originally an NEC P6, contrary to the naming scheme with parallel IEC bus for the CBM series)
  • MPS 2000 C (color version of the MPS 2000)
  • MPS 2010 (originally a NEC P7, so wider version, contrary to the naming scheme with parallel IEC bus for the CBM series)
  • MPS 2020
  • MPS 2030
  • MPS 2100

Inkjet printer

Type wheel printer

  • CBM 8026 (OEM from Olympia), typewriter with IEEE-488 interface without keyboard
  • CBM 8027 (OEM from Olympia), typewriter with IEEE-488 interface with keyboard
  • CBM 8028 (mechanics from Robotron , type SD1152-257, 40 characters / s fast)
  • CBM 8229 (CBM 8028 with 16 KB memory expansion (for input buffer) and Teletex capability)
  • DPS-1101 (OEM from JUKI), serial IEC interface, TA type wheels, Plus / 4 design
  • DPS 1120 (OEM from Olympia), serial IEC interface

Pen plotter

Laser printer

  • LP 806 (original an Okidata Laserline 6)
  • LPS 2000 ( SHARP JX-9500)

Joysticks

  • VIC-1311
  • C-1341
  • C-1342

Paddle

  • 1312

Mice

Commodore mouse
  • 1350/1351 (for C64)
  • 1352 (for IBM-comp. PCs , Microsoft-Bus-Mouse-compatible)
  • Amiga mice

Memory expansion

A REU 1764 with utility disk and C128 power supply unit
  • REU 1700, 1764, 1750 (for C64 / C128 with 128, 256 and 512 kB each )
  • A501, A601, A1050, A2052 / 58 (for Amiga 500, 600, 1000, 2000/3000/4000 with 512, 1024, 256 and 2048 kB each)

Processor cards

  • A2620 (CPU plug-in card for Amiga 2000 with CPU 68020)
  • A2630 (CPU plug-in card for Amiga 2000 with CPU 68030)

Bridgeboards

  • A1060 Sidecar (for Amiga 1000 with CPU 8088 )
  • A2088XT (for Amiga 2000 upwards with CPU 8088)
  • A2286AT (for Amiga 2000 upwards with CPU 80286 )
  • A2386SX (for Amiga 2000 upwards with CPU 80386 SX)

Interface cards

  • A2232 (7-way serial interface RS-232 for Amiga 2000 upwards)
  • A2060 ( Arcnet network card Amiga 2000 upwards)
  • A2065 ( Ethernet network card Amiga 2000 upwards)
  • A2320 Flickerfixer video card for Amiga 2000 ("Amber")

Monitors

Color screens

  • Color Monitor 1701
  • Color Monitor 1702
  • Color Monitor 1703
  • Color Monitor 1801
  • Color Monitor 1802 (13 ″ screen diagonal, connections: composite video, chrominance / luminance )
  • Color Monitor 1081
  • Color Monitor 1084 (14 ″ screen diagonal, connections: composite video, chrominance / luminance, RGBI , RGB , analog )
  • Color Monitor 1084S (like 1084 only with stereo speakers instead of mono)
  • Color Monitor 1085 (14 ″ screen diagonal, connections: RGB, audio)
  • Color Monitor 1901
  • Color Monitor 1942 (14 ″ screen diagonal, connections: RGB, audio; can be connected to the PC with an adapter)

Monochrome screens

  • Mono monitor 1402
  • Mono monitor 1403
  • Mono Monitor A2024 (called Hedley monitor , especially for Amiga models with original chip set , has a built-in frame buffer and works as a flicker fixer with 4 gray levels or in a special resolution of 1024 × 1024 (PAL) or 1024 × 800 (NTSC ))

speaker

  • A10 - external stereo - speakers -pair for Amiga (but also generally applicable)

Multiple user systems

This allowed several peripheral devices to be used by up to eight interconnected computers at the same time.

calculator

Commodore Minuteman-6 calculator

Web links

Commons : Commodore product overview  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Commodore - product overview
PET / CBM

KIM-1 • PET 2001 • CBM 3000 • CBM 4000 • CBM 8000 • CBM 8032 • MMF 9000

CBM II

CBM 500 ‡ • CBM 600 • CBM 700 • CBM 900 ‡

Home computers

VC 10 • VC 20 • C64 ( SX , GS † ) • 264 series ( C16 , C116 , Plus / 4 ) • C128 • C65 ‡

Amiga

1000 • Sidecar • 500 • 500 Plus • 2000 • CDTV † • 600 • 3000 / T / UX • 1200 • 4000 • CD³² †

IBM compatible

PC-1 • PC-10 to PC-70 • x86LT • A1060

Periphery
Drives

Datasette • CBM floppy disk drives • VC15xx  ( VC1540 / 41 , VC1551 , VC1570 / 71 , VC1581 ) • SFD100x ( SFD1001 , SFD1002 ) • CBM 2020 to 8250 • CBM 4040 • A570 • A590 • A3070

printer

MPS series • MPS 801 • MPS 802 • MPS 803 • MPS 1000 • MPS 1270 • MPS 1500 C • MPS 1550 C • VC1520 • CBM-8000 series • CBM 4022 • CBM 4023

Other hardware

CBM bus • Zorro bus • Clock port • WOM • RAM expansion unit • Commodore mouse • Monochrome and color monitors • A10 loudspeakers • Multiple user systems (MBS)

Historic hardware

Typewriters and desktop calculators • LED clocks • 2000K / 3000H † • Chessmate

crisps

MOS Technology • 6502 • 6510 • VIC • VIC II • TED • VDC • SID • PIA • VIA • RIOT • TPI • CIA • ACIA • Agnus ( Blitter , Copper ) • Paula • EHB mode • HAM mode

Chipsets

OCS • ECS • AGA • AAA

software

Commodore BASIC • Commodore Basic V2 • Kernal • CBM-ASCII  (PETSCII) • GEOS • Commodore DOS • AmigaOS • Kickstart • Workbench • ARexx • AmigaGuide • AMIX

†: game console ‡: prototype only