Until beaten by the Raspberry Pi, the Commodore 64 was the best selling single model of computer in history, Commodore having sold between 12 and 17 million uni

Until beaten by the Raspberry Pi, the Commodore 64 was the best selling single model of computer in history, Commodore having sold between 12 and 17 million units in its lifetime. So I imagine it is inspired, at least in part, by its ubiquity.