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CommodoreUSA site updated
« on: December 14, 2010, 03:21:37 PM »
Love 'em or hate 'em, something is happening over at C-USA though it looks like they might have some load-balancer issues:
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_Home.aspx

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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2010, 03:32:39 PM »
Isn't that backround image on the "Workbench 5" page yet another stolen 3D image from aminet?

I love the way these guys are spamming/trolling the hell out of Amigaworld lately....

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Love 'em or hate 'em, something is happening over at C-USA though it looks like they might have some load-balancer issues:
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_Home.aspx

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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2010, 03:38:27 PM »
I can't wait to see what the new Amiga Workbench 5 actually is:rolleyes:
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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2010, 03:48:05 PM »
I have to admit, while I am very suspicious of CommodoreUSA (I use that name lightly), I do like the new site and the design of the "Amiga" cases.  They are simple and elegant, yet really do remind me of the originals.  (I'm guessing these are just renders though and might not ever really see the light of day - and if so they will just be PCs with Amiga emulation).  I would even guess that these cases are merely re-badged third party PC cases that already exist somewhere on the market.

To someone not that familiar with original Amigas though, they might wonder why the "highest end" of the line is numbered 2000 rather than 3000 (which is the mid-range line on Commodore USA).  Of course we know why - the large black case mimics the original A2000's coffin-case.
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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2010, 04:14:46 PM »
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I would even guess that these cases are merely re-badged third party PC cases that already exist somewhere on the market.

Thats right. Its just a bunch of Chinese HTPC cases that have been around for a while. I guess they'll just slap some stickers on them.

http://www.aumro.com/products.html
 

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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2010, 04:17:58 PM »
Well, the site does look much better.

Once he starts shipping product (which I'm sure he will), he'll finally silence a large portion of the naysayers.

I told you guys after contacting Altman, he's serious about this.

And the use of the Workbench name is a brilliant way to side step the Hyperion/AOS  trademark issue.
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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2010, 04:18:37 PM »
I'm guessing that "Workbench 5" is going to be some kind of Windows 7 or Ubuntu theme. The emulation will be a couple Commodore icons on the desktop that will launch a preconfigrued WinUAE and C64 emulation.

I'm not sure who is going to buy any of this stuff?


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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2010, 04:32:08 PM »
As a professional company, I am sure his legal team has advised him that "abandonware" is not a legal term, and that he probably shouldn't be advertising that.
 

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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2010, 04:37:22 PM »
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I can't wait to see what the new Amiga Workbench 5 actually is:rolleyes:


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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2010, 04:46:45 PM »
"Workbench 5" appears to be a Linux distro, perhaps it's a way to revive the old "Anubis ate my chickens" thread...
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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2010, 04:48:09 PM »
Well Barry and maybe one other person in the Amiga Kommunity will label me a troll, but I have very little faith in seeing anything other than a Cybernet PC with a label slapped on it actually for sale.
 
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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2010, 05:59:20 PM »
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Well Barry and maybe one other person in the Amiga Kommunity will label me a troll, but I have very little faith in seeing anything other than a Cybernet PC with a label slapped on it actually for sale.

The commodore 64 pictures prove they are actually doing something.
 
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64Prototype.aspx
 
Now whether that is something they will ever ship to anyone is another matter. It's a pity it's not fanless & the keyboard needs a bit of work, hopefully the finished product will look more like the render than the prototype (function key colour for a start).
 

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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2010, 06:15:38 PM »
There's no asterisk on the keyboard!
 

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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2010, 06:19:59 PM »
This "company" and I use that term loosely, really loosely, is a joke.
 
Call the phone # the site, its a voicemail box. Very impressive.
 
Who but a huge amiga or commodore fan would buy any of this crap, and most commodore and amiga fans see right through the smokescreen and know he's just slapping stickers on already existing stuff. So far they have yet to make a single product for sale themselves, but they sure are good and slapping their name on stuff, and acting like they did something.
 
For all their hype, so far I bet their sales figures would make being a homeless person and begging for change look like a better business idea.
 
Workbench 5? Yeah that will be an ubuntu respin with uae and an amiga wallpaper. They will spend upwards for 20 minutes putting that together.
Mark my words.
 
The c64 thing? I can build one myself from an c64 case, but why would I want to type on that ancient keyboard? This project has been done many times before, all over the internet by hobbyists, but never for sale.
 
Click on products, I get they ran out of stickers to slap on the cybernet zpc's they were selling for like 40% more than you could get them for direct from the real maker (cybernet). Wow their support for their products must be excellent, hype the hell out of your "new" computer,
sell it for 2 months then drop it, in favor of cases you bought wholesale and slapped old names on.
 
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Re: CommodoreUSA site updated
« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2010, 06:20:41 PM »
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