How Commodore Almost Won The PC Wars!

Support The Channel: Help Me Improve My Audio Quality(Crowd Fundraiser): @Tech_History_Channel #thecommodorestory Having been already showcased 7 months earlier at the Consumer Electronics Show. The Commodore 64 lived up to its hype. In just a couple of years, the Commodore 64 became the best-selling PC in history selling more than 15 million units. It is officially recognized by the Guinness book of world records as the best-selling PC in history. The Commodore 64 outsold every other PC company including IBM, Apple, and Compaq. Commodore was one of the largest computer companies in the world but by the end of the 90s Commodore had ceased to exist having gone bankrupt. Commodore was initially started by Jack Tramiel as a government contractor, Commodore would expand further and begin manufacturing its own equipment, including calculators. Commodore’s calculators were built using Texas instruments’ calculator chips, this became a problem when in 1975 Texas Instr