CARTRIDGE, ROM - SOFTWARE MAGIC DESK I FOR COMMODORE 64

In the 1980s Mr Ken Brown purchased a Commodore 64, programming books and software to teach himself how to use a computer and to do computer programming. At the time the City of Armadale and the City was introducing computers and Ken did not know how to use a computer. The computer, manuals and software were used at his home on Albany highway. The computer was also used by other family members to play games.
The Commodore 64 was the first mass produced home computer. Was produced between 1982 and 1992 and is considered the highest selling computer in history.
The Commodore C64 was a home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International. The C64 name came from its 64 kilobyte of RAM. Retailing at US$595 (equivalent to $1545 USD in 2018), it was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the highest-selling single computer model of all time. Selling 17 million units worldwide during its life time. Between 1983 and 1986, the C64 outsold its competitors companies IBM PC Compatibles, Apple Computers and Atari 8-bit. This was achieved through selling at regular retail stores rather than electronics only and computer specialist stores. Proximately 10,000 software titles were made for the C64 including office productivity applications, development tools and video games. It was discontinued in April 1994, however 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.
Magic Desk 1 was released in 1983 by Commodore Business Machines for the Commodore 63 and presented the functions of the computer as a virtual desktop. The program presented a desk with draws a phone, calculator, rolerdeck, rubbish bin, typewriter and money. Next to it was a filing cabinet with a digital clock on top of it. Not all of the icons though did anything. The icons that were functional were the alarm clock, the typewriter, the filing cabinet and the bin. The other icons were there for updated versions of the software, but this never happened. On release the program got mixed reviews, with many reviews calling it a useful program for novice computer users.