Former West Chester CBM Exec Says "Hello" and hints at Special Sale

[CBMer]

Greetings all:

Following a couple of years very active in the professional and general User Group community, I joined Commodore in the late 1980's and played a key role out of headquarters. But this was all in the pro arenas, which unfortunately was never as visible to the consumer user base nor the general public.

But there was a LOT of action, including real wins at the time. At one point independent research (Sheer & Chaskelson) reported that we had achieved #1 status (real units sold) in 7 Professional markets/categories. These, of course, included Graphics, Animation, Video and Multimedia segments.

I have... well, a bunch of stuff from those days. This includes some very unique, special items and some of the "insider" materials and memorabilia. I'm going first to the existing Amiga User/Enthusiast Community, before the stuff hits eBay.

Anyone might be interested?

Cheers,

Christopher

[CBMer]

As it happens, I am contacting some of the persons stewarting some existing Amiga History sites and the like to discuss doing something like that.

Ironically, I'd attempted to contact Amiga, Inc. some time ago to offer some of the stuff to them... and they weren't interested. Go figure.

I'll post here as any manifest progress is made.

Thanks for your interest!

Cheers,

Christopher

[CBMer]

LOL! Believe me, I'm... "sensitive" to the issue! '-)

Even worse [is it safe to say yet?] I was a ... marketing exec...

Yeah, I sure took some lumps, before and after that gig. But the fact is, our team was doing really well during our tour of duty. That's why I want to add some scoop to the record and fill in some of the history. But, again, we were in the pro verticals, not consumer. Ironically, the consumer segments shot the most spitballs at us, even as we were making great wins at the time!

But those top dogs DID cut us off at the knees eventually, which DID effectively drain all the lifeblood out of everything we'd managed to get going. So much so, that I went public as something of a turncoat afterward. But that's another rollicking tale for some other time. '-)

[CBMer]

At the ugly end, I was invited to jump ship at the Amiga Pro Group and join up with the CDTV gang. I declined. I was pretty deeply entrenched in the realm of various pro markets/communities and applications, personally, and figured I'd stay my course then... even if it led right outa' the door at West Chester and back into the the larger fray. Which is exactly what happened.

I don't think I've got any CDTV hardware around, but I may have some documents and collaterals, if that would be any interest to you.

[CBMer]

ferrellsl wrote:
Oh, come on.  This guy is just another scam artist trying to make a quick buck.....

His user ID is one day old with a grand total of 2 posts.  Yeah, real active in the Amiga community....NOT!

BTW, I hear he also has beach-front property located in Arizona that will be auctioned on eBay along with his "insider" materials and memorabilia.

LOL. OK Grumpy, will you eat your words if I turn out to be a Real McCoy?

After that slam, you owe me. '-)

[CBMer]

number6 wrote:
@ferrellsl

No connection?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=commodore+Christopher+Kohler

If this is he, then after being snubbed by AI and thinking I'd found the true community, I'd be a little disheartened.
You?

Nope, just a tragic coincidence! '-)

OK, folks, I just uploaded a pic of some identifying and maybe "credentialing" materials. Take a look and let me know if that works for you.

It's in the Miscellaneous Amiga Items section, titled: CBMer ...

[CBMer]

AMC258 wrote:
Let's at LEAST give him the benefit of the doubt until he actually does something that could even remotely be fraudulent ...
AND, I have been known to use colourful phrases like Greetings All, and Cheers, and certainly I am no Brit!  (despite my last name)

Man, aren't ANY of you guys old enough to have started out online during the BBS era and early Usenet? "Cheers" was de rigeur sign-off!!!!

And there WAS no "worldwide web".

Now if I'd said something like "Cheerios" you could get out the mushy tomatoes.

[CBMer]

Krusher wrote:
Just opensource the chipmasks, I still don't believe they are gone, so put them on Aminet  :-D

I may need some help. I've got a big box of old disks... with a TON of stuff on 'em. Can't guarantee all what, though, or that they've all magnetically survived all the years. But I'M not going to spend the time checking them all, either. Are you volunteering?

Oh and some people @ Commodore/Amiga I wish to put my fist into them faces, back in the day. I'm over it now though, but we'll never be friends  :lol:

Hey, gimme a chance...

[CBMer]

Krusher wrote:
Maybe I'm blind but where is that?  :-D

Uh... Main Menu Bar: "IMAGES"

Then from the Images Section List page: "MISCELLANEOUS AMIGA IMAGES"

But... I just checked there... and don't see it. Does the Moderator approve before posting there?

[CBMer]

Krusher wrote:
I don't even have a real Amiga (well, yet) ...

Oh. How would you like THE A3000 that was onstage at the Gala New Product Launch at the New York Palladium, that was unveiled on a pedastel with music/light show and used to demo the A3000 and AmigaDOS 2.0? (I think I've also got a video of the event. There was also a Secret about that event, which I'll probably be spilling the beans about... any day now.)

but shure, send them over to Holland or get me a ticket to the States :lol:
 

If that's your real picture, I just might send that ticket.

'-)

[CBMer]

Did I miss the list you posted? What all stuff do you have?

Not yet, no. Still chipping away at it. Guessing that people want a lot of pics I was thinking of putting up a web page or the like and do a notice with a link. Yes?

[CBMer]

downix wrote:
@CBMer:  Marketing you say?  Remember Bill Twyman?

No, I don't. Should I?

[CBMer]

There are no pictures pending approval :-?

No? Well, I just did it again. Is it there now?

[CBMer]

weirdami wrote:
I thought those pictures were supposed to be proof of his authenticalness anyway, not of what he was selling.

Exactly. And I suppose the materials pictured have their CBM corporate memorabilia nature, too. '-)

[CBMer]

Plaz wrote:
... Compuserv, later usenet, fido and Qlink.
Remember Qlink? :-)

Oh yeah, and the WELL, Prodigy, Delphi, GEnie, etc.

By the way, my dad used to work on the Pink Panther cartoons.