Here she is: the Commodore C=64!
C=64 Keyboard


This shows the Commodre C=64 keyboard and a C=1702 color monitor:
1702 Monitor

Didn't you just live to hate the 1541 Disk Drive?:
1541 Drive
(I had two of these hummers.)
Many of us used a brand name printer:
MPS 803 Printer
(I had an MPS 801.)
I used a modem which transferred data at a blazing 1200 baud:
C=1670 Modem

We had tape drives long before it was popular for home computers:
Datasette

Of course we used a mouse (or a joystick, or both):
C=1351 mouse          SlikStik joystick by Suncom

Here's the baby brother: the Commodore VIC-20:
VIC20


This shows several system set-ups as envisioned by the good folks at Commodore. I scanned these images off the box cover:
Typical System Set-up
Typical System Set-up
Typical System Set-up


...and don't forget the software, from some names long gone and some you will recognize:
Batteries Included

Batteries Included made both Paperclip, an excellent word processor, and Consultant, a fairly comprehensive data base product. Also, they came out with Paperclip Publisher, a desktop publishing product for advanced layout of Paperclip files.
 
GEOS Operating System

Berkeley Softworks developed the Graphical Environment Operating System, a "Macintosh emulator" which brought the worlds of graphical user interfaces and Commodre 64 users together.
 
Broderbund

An early-on favorite was Print Shop, with many editions, from Brøderbund Software.
 
Software Toolworks

The Fidelity ChessMaster 2100 was a product of The Software Toolworks, and was said by some to be the premier desktop computer chess program of the mid-eighties.
 
Micro Illusions

From MicroIllusions came Sky Travel which was a complete planetarium for any date, any point on earth. A really cool program; this was one of my favorites. Just see what you could pack into 64k!
 
Timeworks

Also, firmware was very important, with the flexibility provided by the Commodore C=64's cartridge port. I used Partner, from Timeworks, which provided in a plug-in cartridge a desktop system including many of the features found on desktops today.
 


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