NAME  

PET 2001

MANUFACTURER  

Commodore

TYPE  

Professional Computer

ORIGIN  

U.S.A.

YEAR  

1977

BUILT IN LANGUAGE 

Commodore Basic 1.0

KEYBOARD  

73 key 'chicklet' keyboard with numeric keypad

CPU  

6502

SPEED  

1 MHz

RAM  

4 KB (early version) then 8 KB

VRAM  

1 KB

ROM  

14 KB

TEXT MODES 

40 x 25

GRAPHIC MODES 

None

COLORS  

Monochrome

I/O PORTS 

IEEE 488, Parallel port, second, ''user port'' for 8-bit I/O, cassette port inside the case, rarely used

BUILT IN MEDIA 

Tape recorder

POWER SUPPLY 

Built-in power supply unit

PRICE  

ё700 (8 KB RAM - 1978)

 

PET 2001

PET 2001

 The Commodore PET 2001 was a very successful machine. Three models were made: the PET 2001-8N with 8 KB RAM, PET 2001-16N with 16 KB RAM, and the PET 2001-32N with 32K RAM. This machine was conceived by Chuck Peddle who later founded Tandon.

Trivia from Dave Lundberg:
" The static RAMs in the early 2001's got so hot that they would often "crawl" up out of their sockets over time. The "official" solution? Re-seat the chips and put a nylon wire tie under the socket and over the chip to hold it snuggly in place. " Microsoft "quietly" wrote the BASIC used in the 40-column PETs. Proof? Type: wait 6502, 10 and "MICROSOFT!" will be printed on the display 10 times.