Commodore PET 2001: The Commodore PET 2001 was the world’s first personal computer, debuting at CES 1977. Starting at $795 (over $4,000 today), it was powered by a MOS 6502 microprocessor and ...

Here at the Vintage Computer Festival, we’ve found oodles of odds and ends from the past. Some, however, have gotten a modern twist like [bitfixer’s] recent Commodore PET project upgrades.

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.

The personal computer industry began in 1977 ... Known as the "1977 Trinity," the Apple II, Radio Shack TRS-80 and Commodore PET each used a different processor and OS. Walking by store windows ...