{"id":19895,"date":"2024-11-07T15:26:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?page_id=19895"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:15:12","slug":"vin10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/vintage-computing\/item\/vin10\/","title":{"rendered":"Commodore 8296"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Commodore 8296<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Commodore 8296, released in 1983, was the final and most advanced model in the PET line, notable for its expanded 128K RAM, integrated dual floppy drives in the 8296-D variant, and a modernized case with a detachable keyboard and swivel monitor. Its claim to fame was serving as a powerful business microcomputer, bundling office software and offering significant memory and storage upgrades over earlier PETs, though it remained fundamentally similar in architecture to the original 1977 PET. While the 8296 was only produced in small numbers and mainly sold in Europe, the PET series as a whole was hugely influential-especially in Canadian education-reflecting Commodore\u2019s roots as a company founded in Toronto, Ontario, by Jack Tramiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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