"Changing the world 8-bits at a time"

2018

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6.5(19 votes)

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The story of the Commodore PET, VIC-20, C64 and Amiga from engineers, games developers and how Commodore influenced the first 8-bit generation users.

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Leonard Tramiel

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Chris Hülsbeck

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Rob Hubbard

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Ben Daglish

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Mark Knight

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Dave Haynie

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Robert J. Mical

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Trevor Dickinson

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Jeff Porter

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Bil Herd

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