"THE COMMODORE64 COULD BETHEMICROCOMPUTER INDUSTRY'S OUTSTANDING NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION SINCETHE BIRTH O FTHIS INDUSTRY.

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FOR$595.YOU GET WHAT NOBODYELSECANF- = : Y O U FORTWICETHE.

Even at twice the price, you won't find the power of a Commodore 6 4 in any personal computer: The Commodore 64 has a built-in memory of 64K. That fact alone would have sent computer critics and analysts such as Shearson/American Express t o the typewriter for the kind of praise you read on the cover. But there's more. As a quick read here will tell you.

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WITH A COMPUTERTHAT'S LIGHTYEARSAHEAD OF ITS COMPETITION, WE THOUGHT ITAPPROPRIATE THAT ITS SOFTWARE SHOULD BEAT LEASTA F E W YEARSAHEAD.
Here's h o w we did it. PART I.THE FIRST ORDERLY APPROACH TO SOFTWARE. Commodore's programmers examined the whole jungle of software available today-literally hundreds of programs-and isolated the most popular and most useful. Then they made them better. The result: a varietv of highly refined, perfected programs for home, business and education. PART II. A N ALMOST INFINITE ARRAY OF SOFTWARE. Independent makers of software have alreariv h n n n ~ d n n thn fin hgnrlthe world's most ~ o ~ u l Droarams ar t o the 64. Further, the 64'is compsible with CP/M? Which means a simple optional add-on opens u p over 2,000 additional useful programs. Plus-and a big plus this is for educators-you can also have access t o programs developed for the Commodore PET? as it uses the same BASIC language as the Commodore 64.

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WITH A COMPUTERTHAT'S LIGHTYEARS AHEAD OF ITS COMPETITION, WE THOUGHT ITAPPROPRIATE THAT ITS SOFTWARE SHOULD B EAT LEASTA F E W YEARS AHEAD.
Here's how we did it. PART I.THE FIRST ORDERLY APPROACH TO SOFTWARE. ~ o m m o d o r e ' s ~ r o ~ r a m m examined ers the whole jungle of software ava~lable today-l~terally hundreds of programs-and isolated the most popular and most useful. Then they made them better. The result: a variety of highly refined; perfected programs for home, business and education. PART II. AN ALMOST INFINITE ARRAY OF SOFTWARE. Independent makers of software I ~ Yme ~ ~ screen have already hopped on the 6 4 band- I*: C ~ wSe eP an6 :t;:~sed:;:l:::$*::;~;::s**$r*:. wagon. They've come to Commodore r Zhansrs for training on the 6 4 and are adapting
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WHY DIDTHE 64 C O M E FROMCOMMODOREAND NOT SOMEBODY ELSE? BECAUSEWE MAKEOUR OWN CHIPS.
Commodore is one of the few companies that design and manufacture their own chips. So, unlike other computer companies that have to buy their chips, when Commodore wants to alter a design or create a new one, their designers and

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OH, BY THE WAXTHE 64 JUST S O HAPPENS TO BE THE M O S T BRILLIANTGAME MACHINEY O UC A N BUY.

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With the 64, not only will you have an amazing array of terrific games (just a few are pictured here), but what's really amazing is how you'll see them. With a variety of colors that's never been offered

before, with a full range of sound, and with a resolution that truly rivals arcades. Since the 6 4 is a true computer, you can actually invent your own sophisticated (or unsophisticated) games.

W H A TD O E STHE COMMODORE64 DO?WHAT DOYOUWANT IT T O DO?

Whether you're in business and want a personal computer for spreadsheet calculation or word and text processing or mailing lists or data storage and retrieval.. . . Or whether you're a musician looking for a music synthesizer (or a beginner who wants to learn how to play one).. . . The 64, quite simply, can do almost anything you want it to. And all with graphics that have an incredible resolution.

FOR A B O U T $100EXTRAJHECOMMODORE64 C A NGET INFORMATIONA N D PROGRAMSFROMMULTI-MILLIONDOLLARC O M P U T E R S .

A modem IS a device that connects your computer ro your phone. Telecom~utina, they call it.They used to also call it expensive. A personal computer and modem would go for at least $1,500 and be judged "reasonablel' What happens when, for less than

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F O RA B O U T $100EXTRAJHE COMMODORE64 C A NGET INFORMATIONA N D PROGRAMSF R O MMULTIMILLIONDOLLARC O M P U T E R S .

A modem is a device that connects your computer to your phone. Telecomputing, they call it.They used to also call it
expensive. A personal computer and modem would go for at least $1,500 and be judged "reasonablel' What harmens when. for less than

COMMODORE64 S Y S T E M SS P E C I F I C A T I O N S
SYSTEM UNIT Microprocessor: 6510, designed and produced by Commodore's M O S T s i o n . Uses the same lnstructron set as the 6502, but has addit~onal ~ n ~ u t / o u t a Imes. ut K user-accessible for BASIC programs; Memory:,64K of R A M . ~ ~are 52K f o r c h l n e Ian uage programs. contain the operating system and Commodore 20K of internal BASIC lanauaae. K e y b G r d i Full-s~ze typewr~ter style. 6 6 keys, upper and lower case. FourTnasslgned pro rammable funct~on keys. Color and the f j l set of 6 4 PET graph~cs can be selected drectlv - . from keyboard. Display: 4 0 columns by 2 5 lines, 2 5 5 combinations of border/ background colors. 16 text colors and use of all 6 4 PETgraphrc characters. High-resolution graphics mode, of 3 2 0 x 2 0 0 pixels for exceptional Can use 16 colors s~multaneously. detail and clarity In ames or animat~on. 8 independent? movable Sprites can be created for games and animation Each is $ 1 x 2 4 pixels, and may contain up t o three colors, Sound: 6 5 8 1 Sound lnterface Device provldes music and sound to r ~ v aeven l some ded~cated muslc synthes~zers. Produces three independent, voices, each with a range of,nine octaves. Four waveforms are avadable: sawtooth, triangle, varlable pulse and noise. Includes programmable ADSR (attack! decay, sustain, release) generator. Programmable fllter can be ~ n d ~ v ~ d u a lly selected for each voice; provides low-pass, h~gh-pass,band-pass or notch outputs. Varlable resonance and master volume control. COMMUNICATIONS The Commodore 6 4 accepts a low-cost VICMODEMTM through its access t o other computers over ordlnary ei h t bit user port, glvlng ~t te?eohone lines. The modem allows users to gain access t o lar e data bases, such as The Source. CompuServe and D o w Jones ~ews/aetrievalServ~ce. PERIPHERALS The Commodore 6 4 will support: Datassette Recorder. A low-cost tape u n ~w t h~ch allows the storage of prggramsand data on standard a u d ~ o tape cassettes S~ngle-Disk Unit: Uses standard 5%-inch flop y diskettes to store programs and data. Each diskette holds up t o 1 7 8 0 0 0 characters of information. D ~ s k unlts include their o w n microprocessors and memory systems, and therefore don't requlre memory resources from the Commodore 6 4 maln u n ~ tThe . Commodore 6 4 will support up t o five single-disk units. Printer: The VIC 1515 printer attaches directly t o the Commodore 6 4 withoutaddit~onalInterfaces. Prlnts 3 0 characters per second, dot-matrlx. Uses plain tractor-fed paper. lnterface Cartridges: Spec~alized cartridges allow the Commodore 6 4 including printers, controllers to use varlous standard dev~ces, and modems. PET Emulator; Allows users t o run most of the programs designed for PET systems w ~ t h l~ttle or no m o d ~ f ~ c a t ~ o n . Audio and Video C o n n e c t i o ~ Djrect outputs from the Commodore 6 4 connect audlo s~gnals t o hlgh-quahty stereo systems, and v ~ d e o sianals to a monitor. Cartridge Slot: W ~ laccept l ames and other appl~cat~ons des~gned for C E d a or Max ~ a c k n e ' on plug-n cartr~dges. Other Interfaces prov~de access for two joysticks, four game paddles or a I~ghtpen.

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SOFTWARE Commodore has already created a variety of programs in several categories for the 6 4 and has plans for much, much more. Bus~ness, make the personal, entertainment and educational a ~ ~ l i c a t i o n s Commodore 6 4 an enormously useful and versat~le tool A 2 8 0 mlcroprocessor on a plug-~n cartr~dge makes an enormous amount of software ava~lable to users of the 6 4 system By plugg~ng the opt~onal mlcroprocessor Into the 64's 8 - b ~user t port, the user enables the Commodore t o run programs wrltten In CP/Mm
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prov~des low-G%, high-pass, band-pass or notch outputs Var~able resonance and master volume control COMMUNICATIONS The Commodore 6 4 accepts a low-cost VICMODEMfMthrough ~ t s el ht b ~user t port, glvlng ~taccess to other computers over ordmary tegephone l~nes. The modem allows users to galn access to lar e data bases such as The Source, CompuServe and Dow Jones ~ e w s / K e t r ~ e vServ~ce a PERIPHERALS The Commodore 6 4 wdl support

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