Commodore International (or Commodore International Limited) was a North American
home computer and electronics manufacturer. Commodore International (CI) along with its subsidiary Commodore Business Machines (CBM) participated in the development of the
home–
personal computer industry in the 1970s and 1980s. The company developed and marketed one of the world's best-selling desktop computers, the
Commodore 64 (1982) and released its
Amiga computer line in 1985.