The Commodore PET is a line of personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International. A single all-in-one case combines a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor, Commodore BASIC in read-
Commodore PET 2001
Original prototype PET, in the storage warehouse of the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California
The chiclet keyboard of the PET 2001 series
An early PET 2001 integrated cassette recorder
The Apple II was designed primarily by Steve Wozniak. The system is based around the 8-bit MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor. Jerry Manock designed the foam-molded plastic case, Rod Holt developed th
An Apple II computer with an external modem
The three computers that Byte magazine referred to as the "1977 Trinity" of home computing: Commodore PET 2001, Apple II, and TRS-80 Model I
An Apple II PCB. The white rectangle outline near the middle surrounds the three RAM banks, here all loaded with 16kx1 DRAMs.
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