First of all, we inherited two Commodore PET computers from one of the EE professors. Secondly, we had an ongoing issue controlling equipment up on the roof of the 5th floor from our shack located ...

[Mjnurney] always loved the Commodore PET, and set about building some new machines in the PET’s unique all-in-one form factor. The case design started with measurements taken from an original ...

It cost only $3,995 back then. The Commodore PET computer was created in only six months after Commodore saw a prototype of the Apple II, which Steve Jobs offered to sell to the company.

Commodore PET and Tandy TRS-80, which were offered pre-assembled with a monitor and keyboard. The IBM PC, however, wasn't released for another four years in 1981. The "1977 Trinity" phrase was ...