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title: When Commodore introduced the PET
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date: '2026-09-15'
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author: olipix
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banner: /media/history/images/commodore_pet_system_3.jpg
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summary: Five years before the C64, Commodore's first computer came in one piece, screen and tape drive included.
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The timeline entry [Commodore introduces the PET](/history/commodore-introduces-the-pet/) is back. With the Apple II and the TRS-80, the PET was one of the three ready-to-use machines that reached the public in 1977.
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The history section also has a comparison of the [PET and the Sharp MZ-80K](/history/commodore-pet-vs-sharp-mz-80k/), two machines built on a very similar idea.
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