MANUAL USING THE 64 COMPUTER
c. 1983A hard covered book, consisting of 328 numbered pages.
Front cover has text [USING THE / 64 / Peter Gerrard] with a stylised image of the computer superhighway in yellows and reds with a lime green monitor and keyboard atop a stone plinth.
The back cover has text [Duckworth Home Computing / USING THE COMMODORE 64 by Peter Gerrard] and a description of the contents. On the bottom left is text [Duckworth / The Old Piano Factory / 43 Glouster Crescent, London NW1] and bottom right is text [ISBN 0 7156 1777 X / IN UK ONLY £9.95 NET].
The Commodore 64, also known as C64, was a home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International. The C64 name came from its 64 kilobytes of RAM. Retailing at US$595 (equivalent to $1545 USD in 2018) and selling 17 million units worldwide during its lifetime, it was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the highest-selling single computer model of all time. Between 1983 and 1986, the C64 outsold its competitors' products, IBM PC Compatibles, Apple Computers, and Atari 8-bit. This was achieved through selling at regular retail stores, rather than at electronics and computer specialist stores. Aproximately 10,000 software titles were made for the C64, including office productivity applications, development tools and video games. It was discontinued in April 1994, although it remains popular in society today with collectors and computer enthusiasts. In 2018, the C64 mini 'retro' console was announced, introducing a new generation to the wonders of the C64.
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Duckworth Home Computing
This object is part of a collection that represents the types of technology that were used on a daily basis by people who lived in worked in the City of Armadale. The collection represents how technology has influenced how people lived, worked and played within the City of Armadale. The collection also is representative of how technology evolves and can become obsolete which in turn can make pastimes, jobs and skills evolve or become obsolete.
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