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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: ChuckT on April 02, 2008, 08:36:46 PM
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I was given the phone number to the owner of the Commodore MOS builing so this search leads to some interesting places.
I'll make the call but I want everyone to be positive, be courteous because I'm using the users here as my clout and remember that we're trying to do everything ethically and legally because we want to succeed.
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@ ChuckT
Well done; personally I really appreciate your efforts whatever the outcome. Thanks.
Lee.
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I talked to the owner and he gave me the number of the real estate agent and he said the building is completely gutted. There are no signs of what went on in there and he said the building is a shell. The owner went in there 8-10 years ago and took out the partitions and what is left is trash.
They gave me permission to photograph the building for my own personal use (as a sense of history) so they have no problems with that.
It is the end of the road on this front.
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what is left is trash.
One man's trash is another man's treasure!
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Eh, there isn't even really much trash left.
Took a ride up to see for myself and got some pics.
Found a couple of golf balls on the front lawn, that's about the only souvenier I thought to take.
More pics (http://68.165.120.234/temp/mos/mos.htm)
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Good job guys!
(I wish I could convince some guys to go take some pics of Amigainc current HQ! Last photo showed it as some office above a bakery/coffee shop. Which is it: bakery or coffee shop?) :-?
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tone007 wrote:
Eh, there isn't even really much trash left.
Took a ride up to see for myself and got some pics.
Found a couple of golf balls on the front lawn, that's about the only souvenier I thought to take.
More pics (http://68.165.120.234/temp/mos/mos.htm)
what beautiful tulips!!
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Amiga Inc New York office (http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=964)
Amiga Inc NY office room 301 (http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=965)
It's nothing more than a mail drop. and I don't even know if it's still being used today.
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what beautiful tulips!!
And they say the ground is contaminated. If the tulips don't mind, neither should the neighbors!
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You should have sent me an email and I might have gone up to visit with you.
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I like the tulips photo. The flowers really make a good contrast to the ugly wall. Cool beans, what camera was that?
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Excellent job Tone and excellent pictures!! Did you go through the trash cans marked Haz in the one picture to make sure there were no microchips or A3000T motherboards waiting to be found? ;) I think you have done more than enough that we can file this away along with Geraldo's Al Capone's Vault as a well intentioned but dead ended wild goose chase. It has been fun following this thread from the beginning. Hopefully someday we'll have someone in the Philippines really find the hidden stash of lost Commodore Amiga gold. A BIG Thank-You to everyone involved in this treasure hunt!!!!
Dan :-D
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tone007 wrote:
And they say the ground is contaminated. If the tulips don't mind, neither should the neighbors!
There are flowers next to the Sarcophagus at Chernobyl but I still wouldnt want to go there ;-)
(http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/chernobyl-revisited/sarcophagus.jpg)
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tone007 wrote:
Eh, there isn't even really much trash left.
Took a ride up to see for myself and got some pics....
Very sad to see :cry:
Thanks for the pics though!
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Sad but good pics
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"Tulips" growing in Commodore ground... Doesn't it seems familiar ???
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Nice work guys, and pictures too. I like the last photo of the trash. On the one barrel you can clearly read "HAZ MAT". It seems a fitting photo to end the presentation on.
I might have come home with a potted tulip or two. :-)
Plaz
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Cool beans, what camera was that?
Cheapie Olympus D-595 Zoom, I guess even their lower end stuff does an OK job.. My good Olympus was an UZ-2100, that thing was awesome, unfortunately it died on me a couple years ago. Took uncompressed TIF pics you wouldn't believe.
The trash bins there (even the hazmat ones) seemed to be filled with the food and beverage waste of the workers who cleared the place out, no signs of any chips or boards.
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tone007 wrote:
Cool beans, what camera was that?
Cheapie Olympus D-595 Zoom, I guess even their lower end stuff does an OK job.. My good Olympus was an UZ-2100, that thing was awesome, unfortunately it died on me a couple years ago. Took uncompressed TIF pics you wouldn't believe.
The trash bins there (even the hazmat ones) seemed to be filled with the food and beverage waste of the workers who cleared the place out, no signs of any chips or boards.
I expect those workers got or destroyed anything of value, both sentimental and monetary :-(
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Some video footage of the last day Commodore was there:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NRI7hHwiRxk
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Are there any prctures of the site in its heyday?