CommodoreUSA Partners with Disney

[Iggy]

One more question, and a serious one:

Who the hell are "Spin Master", "MDG" (I had to look them up to make my previous comment and I first thought they were the UN's Millennium Development Goals) and "ESET"?

My thoughts exactly. On the flipside though, the ad makes them look like a serious legitimate company.
Plus, considering when the first movies was released, there may be nostalgic movie buyers who pick up Tron Legacy and go "Commodore? I thought they went away long ago".
This could draw some attention to Barry's enterprise.

[Iggy]

Good for them. Lets hope they actually start shipping all these promised products.

steven

That's the least negative CUSA related post you've made yet, haywire.
And once they start doing that?

[Iggy]

C64x is in production ...

With an apparent launch date as early as next week.

[Iggy]

There is a slight difference and it's made by a different designer and fabrication, be more accurate in future or get help for your dyslexia. Just so you know the 4 revisions of the 6502 are not the same as the 6800 either or is that also a hacked 6800 now?

All 6502 processors (and their derivatives) were made by MOS. A company Commodore eventually bought.
Just because their are multiple revisions and slightly different models, doesn't mean they were design by or fabricated by different companies.
The difference between a 6502 and a 6510 is very minor.

[Iggy]

Stop and think about it for a minute. Mike's Replay board will fit in one of those barebones cases. I'm not sure the Natami will. And I can't think of a PPC design that would.
But there lot's of other PC boards. Several that are more powerful than the Intel Atom/Nvidia combo used by C=USA.
I'm surprised they're even offering this option. However since they are, those of you that like the case, but don't care for the contents will have some interesting options.

[Iggy]

I suspect there are some who are hoping for just this type of news. Sadly it's +1 for them.

Plaz

I don't know if I agree that its something to mourn over. Whether you're interested in C=USA's product line or not, this will renew attention given to the legacy hardware.
Let Barry Altmans sell huge numbers of new "Amiga" and "Commodore" computers and some nostalgic individuals are going to be drawn to our markets as well.
For years we've seen decreasing numbers. I suspect this may be about to reverse.

[Iggy]

Sure discuss it, not a problem for me. Could we have a little more separation between  church and state though? I agree that the new Commodore isn't going away and some are going to have to adjust to the fact. But I grow weary of the constant invasion of classic topics by the new order. A bit of mod adjsutments might do wonders.

Plaz

Good thing you're not a moderator then.

[Iggy]

You know Dammy and I predicted this sort of over the top venom and rage months ago. If you are getting this angry now, you really might want to turn off the monitor and go on vacation for a couple weeks because you will have a complete and total meltdown soon.

You would think someone from CUSA kicked your pregnant wife in the stomach or tried to burn down your church. Really people THIS IS A COMPUTER, NOT A RELIGION. Nothing can change what Jay Miner and the original Amiga team accomplished. The amiga-like variants of MorphOS, AROS, OS4 etc will continue to exist. If you have no use for the product and don't get it, you don't buy it. I don't get this end of the world reaction at all.

Thanks Red,
I particularly liked "You would think someone from CUSA kicked your pregnant wife...".
The venom is a bit much considering how many people have already suggested that if the Amiga were still around it would probably be X86 based.
But then, much of this community holds beliefs that might as well be religious zealotry.
As a MorphOS user I' frequently assaulted with "Well that not an Amiga".
Nobody is stepping on anyone's toes here.
Imagine the furor that would have been generated by a company daring to try to take one of our community's OS' commercial.

"Oh their just not DOING it right! "That's not an AMIGA".
Good God!

[Iggy]

So this whole rage thing is about protecting Hyperion?

Curious, isn't it? Since nothing prevents Hyperion from developing an X86 version of AOS4 and offering it to C=USA and other X86 users (other then Ben Herman's desire to sell hardware).

[Iggy]

I'd like to throw in my experience as well.
I initially sent a fairly harsh e-mail to Barry Altman, before the C=USA website was up.
And if I remember right, Redrumloa was also initially skeptical, posting an image of Barry's Florida home (since that's what listed in the corporate filings).
But you know he responded to my e-mail with an invitation to call and talk with him and an offer to answer any questions I had.
And after doing so, I don't feel fair treating him like an asshole.
He is an experienced businessman (and a former C64 user) with a plan to start a fairly well thought out business venture.
And except for slipping a little on the timeline (which all organizations do) he's done exactly what he described to me in our initial contact.

I'm beginning to think that he may be right about some of you, that a lot of this hostility stems from jealousy.

[Iggy]

To ease the tensions(and still be ontopic)...

Hmm, suddenly I think I might like to see this movie.

[Iggy]

Well Smerf,

MorphOS for PPC equipped Amigas is available (require RTG though) and I have a link for it, but it seems down right now.

http://powerup.morphos-team.net/

[Iggy]

Wow, 17 pages in a few days! Can we say "hot topic"?

What would be the name of the order if Amiga was a religion?

[Iggy]

Fearful then? I'd not think the same of you.

Plaz

?...I don't get that.

But I am slowly changing my mind. Maybe the mods do need to step in on crap like this.

[Iggy]

Step in on what? Things you don't understand? You won't find a single post, comment or opinion by me on this site that shows I'm any thing but fair and honest without bias for anyone. But hey, it's now the new Amiga.org. So pick a side and start flinging the insults.

Plaz

No Plaz,
You misinterpret my comment. It was not directed at you.
And all your comments generally are fair handed (and I love the AMX).

What I meant was the crap in this thread.
I think kesa got what I meant.
This thread is likely to top 500 post by tonight and its only a few days old.

Its a monster that needs to die.