The PET, the C64 in the 25 Most Important PCs

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RobertB

February 12, 2011, 04:35 PM

     MaximumPC has listed their choices for the "25 Most Important PCs in History".  The Commodore PET is at #10, and the Commodore 64 is at #19.  To see the gallery of the 25 computers, go to

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/25_most_important_pcs_history#slide-0-field_gallery_images-17104

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airship

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February 13, 2011, 04:36 AM
They also list the KIM-I at #6.
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February 13, 2011, 07:00 AM
Quote from: airship on February 13, 2011, 04:36 AM...KIM-I at #6.
Well, I didn't say anything about that, because it is MOS Technologies and not really Commodore.  However, Peter Jennings, who did the KIM-1, also did Chessmate for Commodore.  Cousins once removed?  :)

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February 13, 2011, 11:17 AM
Quote from: RobertB on February 12, 2011, 04:35 PM

     MaximumPC has listed their choices for the "25 Most Important PCs in History".  The Commodore PET is at #10, and the Commodore 64 is at #19.  To see the gallery of the 25 computers, go to

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/25_most_important_pcs_history#slide-0-field_gallery_images-17104

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          http://videocam.net.au/fcug
          The Other Group of Amigoids
          http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
          Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
          http://www.sccaners.org
The put the Trash-80 at number 11.  I don't agree with that at all.  In fact, there was little about the Trash-80 that was important, other than being sold in stores where the hired help didn't know their katushkas from a hole in the ground.  Ditto for the IBM-PC, which was a "remarkable" piece of junky engineering.

The C-64 should have been much higher on the totem pole.  It made "home computer" a household phrase.
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Blacklord

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February 13, 2011, 06:28 PM
I don't get the feeling that they are numbered "in order of importance" actually.
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