The personal computer industry began in 1977 ... Known as the "1977 Trinity," the Apple II, Radio Shack TRS-80 and Commodore PET each used a different processor and OS. Walking by store windows ...

the Commodore PET 2001 all-in-one personal computer released in 1977. Commodore's PET – Personal Electronic Transactor – 2001 was an angular metal box containing a small monochrome display ...

The PET soon gave way to the VIC-20 and the enormously popular Commodore 64, the first personal computer to really make an impact on the mass market. It would go on to sell 22 million units ...

[Rocky] has designed over a dozen models of old computers, including classics such as the IMSAI 8080, Commodore Pet, and the BBC Microcomputer to name just a few. The completed size of these ...

Computers today are not just personal devices but intimate appendages ... The Apple II beat out its competitors, including the Commodore PET 2001 and the Tandy Corporation’s TRS-80 Model ...

Although the PET is most likely the more well-known of Commodore’s early computer systems, the KIM-1 (Keyboard Input Monitor) single board computer was launched a year prior, in 1976.

And for the first five years of the personal computer industry — 1976 to ‘81— it was a crapshoot as to who was going to win.” Tramiel’s Commodore PET “was the low entry-level machine ...

Andrew Langmead (@alangmead) October 14, 2015 @AdrienneLaF I'd think a Commodore PET, it was the first personal computer I ever saw somewhere about 1978 or 1979.

It was a leader in personal computers, shipping thousands ... It’s called the PET—sharing its name with Commodore’s other iconic PC—and its custom Android build includes two emulators ...

which still positions it as the best-selling desktop personal computer model in history. Want to take a trip down memory lane? The Internet Archive has launched a Commodore 64 emulator ...

With the rights to the name in hand, the entrepreneurs set out to design the new Commodore PET smartphone, though it has no direct association with the famed 8-bit computer it shares its name with.