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1974

Four Calculators in One - The Complete Computer!

From back in the day when a calculator could cost a week or two's wages comes a few adverts for Commodore calculators, dating from 1974 to 1976. The first is for Commodore's 410...

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November 1977

Commodore's philosophy: Computer PET 2001

This is an eight-page A5 booklet produced for the launch of the Commodore PET in the UK, a machine which made its debut at the Chicago Consumer Electronics Show in January 1977, m...

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1978

Introducing the Pedigree PET - 8K only £499

The PET was the indirect result of a project by MOS Technology of Pennsylvania to develop its 6500 series of microprocessors, which had been designed as drop-in replacements for M...

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May 1979

Britain is a nation of PET lovers - the No. 1 computer in the UK

This advert shows the original Chiclet-style 4K PET, retailing for £520 inclusive - about £3,730 in 2025 terms. At around this time, the newer 4000 series - 16K and 32K models, wi...

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7th October 1979

Chessmate Electronic Chess Opponent - a player you'll find hard to beat at a price that's impossible to beat

As well as the PET/CBM range of computers and the continuation of the calculator line, which had survived the Calculator Wars of the mid 1970s, Commodore wasn't averse to putting ...

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January 1980

If you want what's best for your PET, choose Commodore software

This is an advert for Commodore's own software tentacle, which was placed in many Commodore - as well as general computing - magazines of the day, and which ran for at least six m...

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1981

Thanks to Commodore Computer we now use computer simulation to test heat pump and solar design applications

So says Cristoph Sobotta, R&D Director of Stiebel Eltron, in this US advert. Stiebel Eltron was based in West Germany and came under the purview of Commodore Germany, which was ...

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March 1981

The Commodore PET offers you a safe passage through the primeval swamp of computerisation

This advert had a point - there were hundreds of different manufactures around at this point all producing different systems with different CPUs on different architectures, and ma...

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March 1981

Buy a wordprocessor for under £3,500 - and get a microcomputer for free

Well, perhaps software was a bit more expensive in the early 80s, but word processing software for £3,500 (or £18,700 in 2025 terms) seems a little steep. However, that's what t...

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March 1981

You're Never Alone With A Commodore PET

In the year that the VIC 20 would be released comes an advert - very much a contemporary of the similar Primeval Swamp - for the Commodore PET, or rather not for any particular PE...

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September 1981

VIC 20: The Waiting is Over. The Rush has Begun

This is the advert that kicked off Commodore's marketing campaign in the UK for the VIC-20 - the 6502-based colour computer which became the first ever to sell a million units, go...

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September 1981

Commodore PET: Choosing a Computer Made Simple

The PET had been around for nearly five years by the time this advert was published, and so it's less of a case of advertising the hardware - which hasn't really changed much, apa...

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1st September 1981

The Commodore Computer Range Price List

This advert is a sales-channel price list for later-model Commodore PET computers. Prices ranged from £632.50 for the entry-level 16K 40-column 12" screen PET 4016 (about £3,390 ...

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December 1981

You don't need a degree to use a VIC-20 Home Computer - just a degree of common sense

This advert, given that it shows a Mark 1 VIC-20 without the bundled tape drive that soon came long, probably comes from late 1981 - the year that the VIC-20 was launched in the UK...

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1982

There's a Commodore Computer for every person, purpose and pocketbook

This advert, from Practical Computing, shows Commodore's range of computers and printers in the hands of archetypal business suits and the nuclear family. It includes the recently-...

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