# Impact of the Commodore 64

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Podcast: [Decoding Tech](https://stenobird.com/podcast/decoding-tech-7190029)
Published: 2025-08-06T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

With sales close to 17 million units, The Commodore 64 is the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. On December 7, 2007, John Markoff, tech reporter for The New York Times , moderated a panel at CHM to celebrate the Commodore's 25th anniversary. First, John chats with Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore International, before being joined by former IBM exec William Lowe, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and Adam Chowaniac who developed the Amiga. Note: there are few brief periods of Mic troubles that are quickly resolved. To watch a video of this program, please visit the Computer History Museum's YouTube channel. To learn more about the Computer History Museum and our upcoming CHM Live events, visit our website at www.computerhistory.org

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