Prototypes were (apparently) made before Christmas 1980 (and
shown at some computer fair).
wholly owned subsiduary of Commodore at this time(?)). The
usually connected to a television.
DMA-based memory expanders for the C64 (and C128) allowed
128, 256, and 512 kb of RAM. Several third party
manufacturers produce accelerators and RAM expanders for the
C64 and C128. (Some, risking a
holy war, compare this to
putting a brick on roller-skates). Such accelerators come in
speeds up to 20MHz (20 times the original) and RAM expanders
to 16MB.
["Assembly language programming with the Commodore 64", Marvin
L. De Jong].
(1996-06-05)