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The 16-bit era: bring the multimedia

The 16-bit computers would be dominated by one man and one CPU. The CPU was the Motorola 68000, known in the business as the 68K — a multimedia powerhouse whose potential had not yet been tapped. The man was head of Commodore, Jack Tramiel.

Tramiel was

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