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The Commodore 64 or C64 was an 8-bit computer sold by Commodore International between 1982 and 1994. It remains as one of the highest selling models of computer of all time.

Text adventures available for the Commodore 64 included many games by Infocom, Magnetic Scrolls, and Level 9.

As well as various different incarnations of the C64, including the Educator 64 and the MAX, the company also released the Commodore 128; a backward compatible expanded and enhanced version of the C64 with more memory and a secondary Z80 processor that gave the machine CP/M capabilities.

Infocom produced larger adventure games for the Commodore 128, including A Mind Forever Voyaging.

Links

Commodore 64 at Wikipedia.
Commodore 128 at Wikipedia.

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-The Commodore 64 (C64, CBM 64) was an extremely popular home computer of the 1980s. With estimated sales of around 20 million units (discontinued in 1993) the C64 is one of the best-selling computers of all time.
+The '''Commodore 64''' or '''C64''' was an 8-bit computer sold by [[Commodore International]] between 1982 and 1994. It remains as one of the highest selling models of computer of all time.
+Text adventures available for the Commodore 64 included many games by [[Infocom]], [[Magnetic Scrolls]], and [[Level 9]].
+As well as various different incarnations of the C64, including the ''Educator 64'' and the ''MAX'', the company also released the ''Commodore 128''; a backward compatible expanded and enhanced version of the C64 with more memory and a secondary Z80 processor that gave the machine [[CP/M]] capabilities.
+[[Infocom]] produced larger adventure games for the Commodore 128, including [[A Mind Forever Voyaging]].
 ==Links==
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 Commodore 64] at Wikipedia.
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_128 Commodore 128] at Wikipedia.
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