Commodore International

Commodore International Corporation

Traded as	AMEX: CDRL
Industry	Electronics Computer hardware Computer software
Fate	Bankruptcy
Founded	1954 (1954) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Founder	Jack Tramiel
Defunct	April 29, 1994 (1994-04-29)
Headquarters	West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Key people	Jack Tramiel Irving Gould (Main investor and Chairman)
Products	Commodore PET Commodore VIC-20 Commodore 64 Commodore 128 Amiga Amiga CD32

Commodore is the common name for Commodore International Limited, a U.S. computer and electronics manufacturing company. Headquarters were in West Chester, Pennsylvania. In the 1960s and 70s they made adding machines and calculators. This company was important in the development of the home–personal computer in the late 1970s and 1980s. Commodore developed the first color computer sold under $300, known as the VIC-20 in 1981. The company sold about 22 million Commodore 64 machines, introduced in 1982. It is believed to be the biggest-selling computer in history. Commodore later released the Amiga computers in 1985. The company went bankrupt in 1994.