Commodore PC compatible systems
The Commodore PC compatible systems were a range of IBM PC compatible personal computers introduced in 1984 by home computer manufacturer Commodore Business Machines. Incompatible with Commodore's prior PET and Commodore 64 series, they were generally regarded as good, serviceable workhorse PCs with nothing spectacular about them. In 1987 the PC-10, which was the first model released, sold for $559 without monitor ($1058 in 2010 dollars).[1] They were sold alongside Commodore's Amiga line of home and graphics computers and the Commodore 128. The line included the following models:
- PC-I (a.k.a. PC1): A small form factor low-end non-expandable system. Had a 4.77 MHz 8088 processor, combined MDA/CGA graphics, 1 5.25" floppy disk drive. It came standard with 512kB RAM.
- PC-5: A full-size PC/XT-clone, expandable with up to five 8-bit ISA cards. It sold only in Australia and New Zealand.[2]
- PC-10: A full AT-sized model with 8088, combined Hercules/CGA graphics and 1 or 2 floppy drives.
- PC-20: A PC-10 with 20MB hard disk
- Colt: A rebranded PC10-III
- PC-30: A PC-AT compatible with 12 MHz 80286 and a 20MB hard disk.
- PC-40: 10 MHz PC-AT system. Had 1 MB RAM, Hercules/CGA video card, and hard disk options from 20-80 MB.
- PC-50 Based on the 386SX running at 16 MHz. 40MB to 100MB hard disk.
- PC-60 25 MHz 386 system with FPU. Came in a tower case with 60MB to 200MB hard disk.
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