Commodore USA

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* Barry has been in electronics and manufacturing for 25+ years

And yet Barry doesn't seem to know the difference between FCC Class A and FCC Class B certification.

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* Barry's family has a long successful history of entrepreneurship, going back to the B. Altman and company (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Altman_and_Company) department store which was started by his great (or great great) grandfather.

Benjamin Altman, Barry's "great (or great great) grandfather" never married and had no children.

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I am going to unsubscribe to this thread for one reason. I went into this thinking he was was a scheister but I figured I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. We had a long conversation and his answers satisfied my questions. I thought it was an interesting conversation, but I didn't expect a barrage of hate-mongering from lemmings in the forum community. I expected too much from such an childish bunch. Even Piru, who I disagree with most of the time, was short and to the point. He did not level childish accusations toward the man and simply stated he'd prefer not to deal with him. For that, I applaud him. The rest of you are beyond ridiculous.

The Commodore Phoenix is, according to it's own manual, an FCC Class A device, meaning that it can only be sold for commercial and industrial use. It can not legally be sold for home use in the USA.

What do you think Commodore USA's target market is?

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Just a few corrections.

This is actually further along than he realises, from a professional web design company in Australia. He hasn't been in communication with them like I have, and I am yet to update him on their progress. It's more than web design, but a full e-commerce and CRM solution.

Yes, but will his $19.98 per month CityMax web hosting deal support that?

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Forget that Citymax abomination. That web site was started well before the trademarks.
Time to get serious obviously.

The time to get serious has long since passed.

It's pretty much a total farce by now.

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From Barry:


I was producing class A and class B FCC product before he was born.
ALL THE COMPONENTS IN THE PHOENIX, MADE FOR US BY CYBERNET, ARE FROM FCC DoC registered and tested parts. WE ARE IN FULL CONFORMITY FOR BOTH CLASSES.  ALL OTHER PRODUCTS ARE ALL FCC APPROVED, FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USE!

Doesn't matter if the parts are tested, the complete system must be tested as a whole.

What's the FCC ID of the Commodore Phoenix, Barry?

And the bonus question : When was I born?

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Commodore USA uses modified fanart in marketing material without permission.

http://www.aminet.net/pix/trace/AMIGA-fantasyB.jpg
vs
http://www.commodoreusa.net/i/PC64Pro.jpg
http://www.commodoreusa.net/i/AMIGA-fantasyB_3_2_3.jpg
http://www.commodoreusa.net/products.html

See here:
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=54331

This is how the CEO thinks copyright works:
As far as using abandoned artwork, no problem here. Marko Hirv cannot be reached. Period. I tried. No luck. And yes, I did email the company he is at now….again no reply. Find him…I'll deal with him, or anyone else that falls into that category. (source)

I'm also willing to bet he didn't get permission from Design By XS to use the Amiga logo that is currently on his page.

http://www.commodoreusa.net/i/logo/amiga_chrome_trail-1.jpg

http://www.designbyxs.com/printdesign/amiga%20chrome%20trail.jpg

Design By XS = Dr. Ryan Czerwinski, btw.