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Commodore's Personal Electronic Transactor, or PET, was part of the famous "1977 trinity" - the first commercially successful personal computers, along with the [[Apple II]] and the [[TRS-80]]. Its low cost made it a hit at first; but Commodore had production issues and they remained back-ordered for months. It was also a very weak hardware, and the keyboard was utter garbage.
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Commodore's Personal Electronic Transactor, or PET, was part of the famous "1977 trinity" - the first commercially successful personal computers, along with the [[Apple II]] and the [[TRS-80]]. Its low cost made it a hit at first; but Commodore had production issues and they remained back-ordered for months. It was also a very weak hardware, and the keyboard of the first model was utter garbage.
   
As the PET's sales declined, Commodore soon planned a successor, which turned out to be the mediocre [[VIC-20]]. After that, they finally redeemed themselves with the [[Commodore 64]].
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As the PET's sales declined, Commodore quickly planned a successor, which turned out to be the mediocre [[VIC-20]]. After that, they finally redeemed themselves with the [[Commodore 64]].
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==Videos==
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LGR - Commodore PET Computer System Review
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Commodore History Part 1- The PET
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</gallery>
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
   
[[Category:Commodore]]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 02:41, 10 August 2019

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"The microcomputer that's top of its class."

Commodore's Personal Electronic Transactor, or PET, was part of the famous "1977 trinity" - the first commercially successful personal computers, along with the Apple II and the TRS-80. Its low cost made it a hit at first; but Commodore had production issues and they remained back-ordered for months. It was also a very weak hardware, and the keyboard of the first model was utter garbage.

As the PET's sales declined, Commodore quickly planned a successor, which turned out to be the mediocre VIC-20. After that, they finally redeemed themselves with the Commodore 64.

Videos[]

External links[]

Second Generation
Consoles Emerson Arcadia 2001 - Atari 2600 - Atari 5200 - Epoch Cassete Vision - ColecoVision - Fairchild Channel F - Mattel Intellivision - Magnavox Odyssey² - Bally Professional Arcade - Sega SG-1000 - RCA Studio II - Interton VC 4000 - Milton Bradley Vectrex
Handhelds Entex Adventure Vision - Nintendo Game & Watch - Milton Bradley Microvision
Computers Apple I - Apple II - Apple III - Atari 8-bit - Acorn BBC Micro - Commodore PET - Tandy TRS-80 - Tandy TRS-80 CoCo