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Commodore VIC-20

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The VIC-20 is an 8-bit entry level home computer sold by Commodore Business Machines. Announced in September 1980, roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET, it was the first computer of any description to sell one million units, eventually reaching 2.5 million.

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Year
1980 2
Significance
It was the first computer of any description to sell one million units. 1
Status
Status
Discontinued 1
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Source Wikipedia: VIC-20
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1. Wikipedia: VIC-20
  • Body, Introduction
    The VIC-20 was the first computer of any description to sell one million units, eventually reaching 2.5 million.
  • Infobox
    discontinued=January 1985
  • In Group: Commodore 8-bit Home Computers, lead
  • In Field: Computer Architecture, Lead sentence
    VIC-20 (known as the VC-20 in Germany and the VIC-1001 in Japan) is an 8-bit entry level home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines.
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2. Wikidata: Commodore VIC-20
Wikidata Q918232, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)View the Source
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