| Speed | 1 MHz |
| Memory | 32 KB |
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| Release Date: |
5/1/1980 |
| Manufacturer: |
Commodore
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Original Retail Price:
Adjusted Inflation Price:
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$1,795.00
$4,750.13*
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Released 3 years after the first PET 2001, the 8032 ran better in
most ways and had better internal circuitry. Supporting the complex
IEEE-488 port (still in use today for scientific instruments) you could
connect up to 15 devices such as hard drives and printers on the
bus. You may have seen a ‘CBM 8032’ and wondered why and if
the CBM machine was still a ‘PET’. The answer is yes, as the name
changed strictly related to some legal issues that Commodore ran
into with the name. The 8032 was similar to the 4032, with 32 KB of RAM,
but had a 12 inch display (instead of 9) and was capable of display 80
columns.
 A brochure for this computer is also available.
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User Comments |
Asher Green on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
This is the very first PC I laid eyes on. I walked into my friends house, who is a professor of Psychology at the local university. They let me try my luck at Space Invaders, the very first game I ever played. Later on I played other games too, and our school had these PC's in Grade 8, and of course, all we ever did was play games on it, no formal computer education like they have now. Man, they have gone a long way, now a days they students apparently must have laptops in school!
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