I read that there were a load of Timex Sinclair TS1000s at Commodore after people bought the $49 systems to get a $100 rebate on a C64. I think they had shipping containers full of them onsite and they were also used as doorstops.
I guess you could clarify with Bill or Dave but I understand that one of the doorstops donated it's CPU when they were designing the C128. Had it not been for the doorstops they probably wouldn't have considered adding CP/M mode but it was concenieent and probably sounded like a good idea when presented to mangement and the marketing people.
No Idea if any of the CPUs from the thousands of TS1000s they had were recycled for use in productions C128s or if they just used brand new chips.
