During the mid-1980s, many sysops opted for the less expensive, ubiquitous Commodore 64 ( introduced in 1982 ), which became popular among software pirate groups.

In the early 1990s a small number of BBSes were also running on the Commodore Amiga models 500, 1000 and 1200 ( using external hard drives ), and the Amiga 2000, Amiga 3000 and Amiga 4000 ( which had built-in hard drives ).

* Blitz ( video game ), a bombing game for the Commodore Vic-20

Ports of the game were released for the Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Sharp X68000, PC ( MS-DOS, 1989 and 1996 ), Apple II, FM Towns Marty, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom Disk System, Sega Game Gear, mobile phone ( Sprint PCS ), Texas Instruments TI-8x series of calculators and UltraCade's Taito Arcade Classics.

The Commodore 1541 ( also known as the CBM 1541 and VIC-1541 ) is a floppy disk drive ( FDD ) which was made by Commodore International for the Commodore 64 ( C64 ), Commodore's home computer.

With a storage capacity of 800 KB, the 1581 was the highest capacity serial bus drive ever made by Commodore ( the 1 MB SFD-1001 used the parallel IEEE-488 ), and the only 3½ " one.

Commodore generally refers to Commodore ( rank ), a naval rank.

* Commodore International ( also known as Commodore Business Machines ), a computer company founded in 1954 and declared bankrupt in 1994, or several of its products and affiliates, including:

** Commodore 64 ( or C64 or C = 64 ), an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August 1982, the single best-selling personal computer model of all-time

** Commodore 128 ( or C128, CBM 128, or C = 128 ), a home / personal computer introduced in January 1985, the last 8-bit machine commercially released by Commodore Business Machines

* The Commodore ( book ), a novel in the Aubrey – Maturin series by Patrick O ' Brian

* Commodore ( Star Trek ), a fictional Starfleet rank in Star Trek

* Mike Commodore ( born 1979 ), a Canadian ice hockey defenseman who plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the United States.

* Commodore ( rank ), a naval rank

** Commodore ( Royal Navy ), in the Royal Navy

** Commodore ( United States ), in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard

** Commodore ( Canada ), in the Canadian Forces

** Commodore ( Finland ), in the Finnish Navy

* USS Commodore Maury ( SP-656 ), was a fishing steamer that served in a noncommissioned status in the 5th Naval District during World War I

During his two years in the Far East, Commodore Tattnall violated American neutrality while commanding the chartered steamer Toey-Wan, when he came to the assistance of a British and French squadron under fire from the Taku Forts at the mouth of the Pei Ho or Hai River.

Old Commodore Forsythe, who had once lost a fifty-dollar bet on whether he could get both motors started and turn on the running lights without accidentally turning on something else first.

However, Commodore UK lost its financial backing after several larger companies, including Gateway Computers and Dell Inc., became interested, primarily for Commodore's 47 patents relating to the Amiga.

Sales of the Commodore also fell, with the effects of the 1979 energy crisis lessening, and for the first time the Commodore lost ground to the Ford Falcon.

But President Millard Fillmore, determined to open up trade with Japan, has sent Commodore Matthew C. Perry across the Pacific, and, to the consternation of Lord Abe and the Shogun's other Councillors, the stirrings of trouble begin with the appearance of Manjiro, a fisherman who was lost at sea and rescued by Americans.

Commodore Blair is, unfortunately, lost in the action against the Nephilim, missing and presumed dead on a critical mission to assist Casey in destroying the aliens ' galaxy-invading wormhole.

In 1990 however, the Sierras were again looking strong but lost to the HRT Holden Commodore of Allan Grice and Win Percy.

The German commander, Commodore Friedrich Bonte, lost his life when his flagship Wilhelm Heidkamp was sunk.

Due to the reluctance of the Commodore to launch a naval attack in support of the ground forces, the British garrison held out until ships of the Royal Navy arrived from Halifax and drove the American Navy up the Penobscot River where all 43 American warships were sunk or were scuttled and burned, comprising most of the American fleet, making it the worst American naval disaster prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Thus, without being constitutionally obligated to pay compensation, the United States may change the course of a navigable stream, South Carolina v. Georgia, 93 U. S. 4 ( 1876 ), or otherwise impair or destroy a riparian owner's access to navigable waters, Gibson v. United States, 166 U. S. 269 ( 1897 ); Scranton v. Wheeler, 179 U. S. 141 ( 1900 ); United States v. Commodore Park, Inc., 324 U. S. 386 ( 1945 ), even though the market value of the riparian owner's land is substantially diminished.

He was promoted to Kontradmiral ( Rear Admiral or Commodore ) in 1889, Vizeadmiral in 1892, and full Admiral in 1897.

* Commodore William T. Sampson, 1893 – 1897

The operational headquarters, where research and development of new products occurred, retained the name Commodore Business Machines, Inc.

During his reign there was much internal turmoil as a result of Japan's first major contact with the United States, which occurred under Commodore Perry in 1853 and 1854, and of the subsequent " re-opening " of Japan to western nations.

At a press briefing held two days after the Dresden raid which occurred on 14 February 1945, British Air Commodore Grierson told journalists " First of all they and similar towns are the centres to which evacuees are being moved.

One of the most celebrated of these incidents occurred in 1804, when a fleet of East Indiamen and other merchant vessels under Commodore Nathaniel Dance successfully fought off a marauding squadron commanded by Admiral Linois in the Indian Ocean in the Battle of Pulo Aura.

A standoff occurred between the government and the Military in 2004, over whether or not to renew Commodore Bainimarama's contract.

The company launched its Gravel line of products: personal multimedia players equipped with Wi-Fi, with the hope the Commodore brand would help them take off.

* August 18 – Battle of Lagos: The British fleet of Edward Boscawen defeats a French force under Commodore Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran off the Portuguese coast.

In 1814 Commodore Stephen Decatur anchored his American squadron off Trumans Beach but never engaged the British.

Commodore Aury established the first independent republic in Old Providence Island ( Isla de Providencia ) in 1818, off the coast of Nicaragua.

The Commodore 64 version was made available for a longer period of time than the Amiga version, resulting it being the least rare, though still fetching high prizes once taken off the market.

At this point Smith reveals to the Commodore that Jonathan really did kill Mr. Inwood and that he has actually killed before, though he got off on a plea of self-defence.

The ship he was in, USS Philadelphia, struck rocks off Tripoli, and along with his Commodore, William Bainbridge, he was kept imprisoned by the pirates for 19 months.

Within six months, he set off on another expedition, but he was arrested by the U. S. Navy Home Squadron under the command of Commodore Hiram Paulding and once again returned to the U. S. amid considerable public controversy over the legality of the Navy's actions.

Upon learning of the imminent arrival of Commodore Stockton, Castro retired, leaving behind all his artillery and made off in the direction of Sonora.

She spent the summer detached off Le Havre under Rear-Admiral George Brydges Rodney, rejoining Hawke in October, and then being sent to join a squadron under Commodore Robert Duff, to watch the French in Quiberon Bay.

The USS Chesapeake lay off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, and was under the command of Commodore James Barron.

Connelley later purchased a Commodore PET computer to help with the bookkeeping involved in being a dungeon master, and came up with the idea of writing a computer game for the machine before the end of the year so he could write it off on his taxes.

In 1811, he was in command as Commodore of the off Annapolis when he heard that an American seaman had been " impressed " by a British frigate off Sandy Hook, New Jersey.

The gamble pays off as the Commodore orders his ships to stand down at the last moment.

Their first game, Starfleet Orion, was a two-player only game developed mainly so Connelley could write off the cost of his Commodore PET computer.

During the action US Navy Commodore Josiah Tattnall came to the assistance of the British gunboat HMS Plover ,– commanded by Lt William Hector Rason, who was killed in the action – offering to take off their wounded.

The schooner sailed for the Mediterranean on 3 August and joined Commodore Edward Preble's squadron off Tripoli on 14 September 1803.

The command of this first stone frigate was given to Commodore Hood's first lieutenant, James Wilkes Maurice, who, with cannon taken off the Commodore's ship, manned it with a crew of 120 until its capture by the French in the Battle of Diamond Rock in 1805.

As Naval Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden, commander of the Royal Navy squadron off the Dardanelles during early 1915, Commodore Keyes was heavily involved in the organisation of the Dardanelles Campaign.

The music was composed in the Commodore Amiga MOD music file format, although non-Jaguar releases of the game played music off of CD, with the exception of the PC port.

Commodore Wibe was in charge of the Dano-Norwegian fleet off Bohuslän charged with interdicting supplies.

On 25 October 1651, a seven ship force under Commodore George Ayscue arrived off Barbados, demanding that the island submit " for the use of the Parliament of England ".

In April 1794, as Commodore of the frigate squadron off the north west French coast assisting in the blockade of Brest, Warren and his squadron captured a number of French frigates.