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Re: Book - Commodore: the Amiga Years - to be released
« on: April 14, 2013, 12:51:23 PM »
I've pre-ordered my copy from Amazon today - while i was at it I ordered a hard copy of "Commodore: a Company on the Edge" as I really enjoyed the eBook version I bought. :)
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Re: Book - Commodore: the Amiga Years - to be released
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2013, 03:45:25 AM »
Quote from: wrath of khan;737474
July the first is the current release date. roll on.
http://ataribook.com/book/
I got this atari book recently too and i had a look through it. it looks ace and is a properly researched piece.
Its a whopping book too.
the Atari book looks good but doesn't seem to cover the Jack Tramiel period?
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Re: Book - Commodore: the Amiga Years - to be released
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2013, 03:55:02 AM »
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The tramiel period will be covered in their next book, which they are already working on. Im excited about the tramiel period too after reading commodore a company on the edge.
Cool, thanks for letting me know. :)
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Re: Book - Commodore: the Amiga Years - to be released
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2013, 03:24:20 AM »
Bugger, just got this email from amazon:

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Due to a lack of availability, we will not be able to obtain the following item(s) from your order:

 Bagnall, Brian "Commodore: The Amiga Years"

We've canceled the item(s) and apologize for the inconvenience. If you see a charge for the canceled item, we will refund you within 1-2 business days.

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Re: Book - Commodore: the Amiga Years - to be released
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2013, 10:15:01 PM »
It gets worse!

@BrianBagnall1: @krutten @primalnacl Sorry it really is cancelled. I plan on returning to it someday when things are working out better.
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Commodore 64 w/ 1541 Ultimate-II inc Tape Adapter, JiffyDOS, 1541 Disk Drive, 1531 Datasette, Flyer Net Modem