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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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It was the first computer of any description to sell one million units. 1
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1. Wikipedia: VIC-20
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The VIC-20 was the first computer of any description to sell one million units, eventually reaching 2.5 million.
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