The Amiga is a family of personal computers marketed by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s.

With hindsight, the machine lacked the RAM ( a typical program would need to fit in only around 20 kB once display memory is subtracted ) and processing power to take on the prevailing Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.

Front view of the most common version of the Commodore 1541 disk drive, with open disk slot: this version uses a Newtronics drive mechanism, and the rotating lever is used to hold the disk in place

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.

The Commodore 1581 is a 3½ inch double sided double density floppy disk drive made by Commodore Business Machines ( CBM ) primarily for its C64 and C128 home / personal computers.

Commodore is the commonly used collective name for Commodore International Limited and the various national companies that operated underneath it, including Commodore Business Machines ( CBM ), the U. S .- based home computer and electronics manufacturer with headquarters in West Chester, Pennsylvania that it shared with its parent.

Thanks to a well-designed set of chips designed by MOS Technology, the Commodore 64, ( also referred to as C64 ), possessed remarkable sound and graphics for its time and is often credited with starting the computer demo scene.

This " interpretation " is what Tramiel used to counter-sue, and sought damages and an injunction to bar Amiga ( and effectively Commodore ) from producing any resembling technology.

Commodore is a military rank used in many navies that is superior to a navy captain, but below a rear admiral.

In the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, the senior elected officer of the organization is the National Commodore, also there are commodores elected for the individual district commands of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Commodore is appreviated to COMMO in the PCGA.

Because this internal 1571 does not have an unused 8-bit input / output port on any chip, unlike most other Commodore drives, it is not possible to install a parallel cable in this drive, such as that used by SpeedDOS, Dolphin DOS and some other fast third-party Commodore DOS replacements.

The Lt. Kernal hard disk subsystem for the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 models stored its DOS on the disk, as is the case with modern systems, and loaded the DOS into RAM at boot time.

The current Commander is Commodore Frank Bainimarama.

He did, however, condemn recent threats from the Military commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, to declare martial law and arrest members of the present government if the bill is passed.

Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal is a 1987 video game for the Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and the Amiga based on the comic strip.

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 ).

However the dismasted Tonnant, Commodore Du Petit Thouars now dead from his wounds and thrown overboard at his own request, was unable to make the required speed and was driven ashore by its crew, while Timoléon was too far south to escape with Villeneuve and in attempting to join the survivors had also grounded on the shoal.

The popular Commodore computer magazines of the era also entered the arena with type-in fast-load utilities, with Compute!

The version of Commodore DOS built into the 1581 added support for partitions, which could also function as fixed-allocation subdirectories.

* 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 Semiconductor Group, also known as MOS Technology, Inc., famous for its various designs for Commodore Internationals range of home computers

Commodore also retreated from its earlier strategy of selling its computers to discount outlets and toy stores, and now favored authorized dealers.

The custom-designed and custom-built AGA chipset also cost Commodore considerably more than the commodity chips used in IBM PCs, further reducing Commodore's profit margins.

The governor also traditionally serves as Honorary and Regimental Colonel in the Royal New South Wales Regiment and as Honorary Air Commodore of No. 22 ( City of Sydney ) Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.

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.

MINIX 1. 5, released in 1991, included support for MicroChannel IBM PS / 2 systems and was also ported to the Motorola 68000 and SPARC architectures, supporting the Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Apple Macintosh and Sun SPARCstation computer platforms.

The Commodore Amiga 1200 computer and the Amiga CD32 games console used the cost-reduced 68EC020 ; the Namco System 22 arcade board has also used this processor.

MOS Technology, Inc., also known as CSG ( Commodore Semiconductor Group ), was a semiconductor design and fabrication company based in Norristown, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Another company, Commodore Business Machines ( CBM ), had invested heavily in the calculator market and was also nearly wiped out by TI's entry into the market.

A port for the Commodore Amiga was also made available in 1998 by clickBOOM Software.

It was also the last version released for the Commodore Amiga platform from which the game originated.

He went to Key West every fall and winter and was the only man in town who did not know that his title of `` Commodore '' was never used without irony.

Peter Clarke, Tim Follin and David Whittaker converted the music for the home computer ports ( some versions feature the ending sequence track for the title screen music, such as on the Commodore Amiga version by David Whittaker ).

They hold the title of District Commodore.

Incorporating Vic Computing in 1983 by publishers EMAP, the magazine's focus moved to the emerging Commodore 64, before introducing Amiga coverage in 1986, paving the way for Amiga's dominance and a title change to CU Amiga in 1990.

To establish that the magazine content was changing to cover the emerging Amiga, the magazine changed its title CU Commodore User Amiga-64, with the emphasis on the CU part.

Wasteland was first distributed for the Apple II and ported to the Commodore 64 and PC DOS platforms in 1988-it is sometimes ( and erroneously ) listed as being published in 1987, because that year appears on the title screen of the Apple version.

** Peter Brock and Larry Perkins successfully defended their Bathurst 1000 title in Australia ; they and co-driver John Harvey won the race in a Holden Commodore.

LJN ( programmed by Rare ) released one title for the NES, and Monarch Software the other for the Commodore 64 and IBM PC compatibles.

In 1990, an NES game titled " The Last Starfighter " was released, but it was actually a conversion of Uridium for Commodore 64, with modified sprites, title screen and soundtrack.

) though his title varies ; he has been referred to as a " 25-star General ", Captain, " General Major Webelo ", " Rear Brigadier ", and " Commodore 64.

Under license from Konami, Ocean Software produced ports of Contra under the title of Gryzor for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC, which were released in Europe in.

The Commodore 64 version was released in North America under the Contra title.

Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, CF, MSD, OStJ, Fijian Navy, known commonly as Frank Bainimarama and sometimes by the chiefly title Ratu < ref name = Herald > Herald on Sunday, Phil Taylor, < u > Peaceful island village belies turmoil of national politics < u >, 2006-12-10, page 20 ( interview with Bainimarama's brother ).</ ref > ( born 27 April 1954 ), is a Fijian naval officer and politician.

The Settlers ( also known as Serf City, original German title Die Siedler ) is a slow-paced strategy video game by Blue Byte Software, released in 1993 for Commodore Amiga and in 1994 for the PC.

This greatly hyped football title broke with traditional 16-bit era games by presenting an isometric view rather than the more usual top-down view ( Kick Off ), side view ( European Club Soccer ), or bird's-eye view ( Sensible Soccer ), but which had been first pioneered ten years previously in International Soccer on the Commodore 64.

Conner was given the title Commodore, but his official naval rank remained unchanged.

His most famous title was a version of Asteroids for the Commodore International VIC 20 ( a game that Jeff Minter once described as a " pile of wank ").

U. S. Gold released the title in Europe for the IBM PC in 1986 and the Commodore 64 in 1987

This video game was published by Commodore and is often cited as the first commercial title for the new Amiga 1000 computer, though there are other contenders.

Armalyte, a groundbreaking shoot ' em up title from Thalamus Ltd, and Turrican I & II are among some of the highest rated games for the Commodore 64 ( according to Zzap64, which awarded " Gold Medals " to these games ).

The game was eventually ported onto the Game Gear, Sega Master System, Nintendo Game Boy and Commodore Amiga, making the debut title the only Road Rash game of the Genesis series to have been distributed onto other consoles and computers.

Instead, they adopted the same two-letter title as the Commodore.

Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior is a video game first released for Commodore 64 personal computers in 1987 ; the title was developed and published by Palace Software, and ported to other computers in the following months.

The Commodore 64 version was released in the USA under the title Chop N ' Drop.