Science on the 1st of January 1977 in history

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01 Jan 1977 Commodore PET	science	Commodore PET (computer science) The Commodore PET is announced at Winter CES. The first units are delivered to customers in October; back-orders for the popular system last for months and in early 1978 Commodore discontinues the 4KB model. The PET is the launch computer for Commodore which will later gain prominence with the Commodore 64 in 1982, the single most produced home computer with over 17 million produced.	0

31st December 1976 2nd January 1977

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