Commodore: A Company on the Edge - near release

[pwermonger]

This is good news. I have the first book and yes, this is in essence a second edition of the existing book. The First edition it was primised there would be a slew of "additional chapters" for download after it was published. I think he did release one or two. One was on the KIM. This edition adds acording to what I read, interviews with one of the Tramiel's and added information.
I tried ordering this when online bookstores first started listing it and had those cancelled as its date slipped and slipped. I thought for sure we'd never see it.
Great that it is, hopefully, close to our hands.

[pwermonger]

It was a "slew". I dont recall the exact number. He had a website that listed at least, IIRC, 5 chapters to be added free.  One being the chapter on the KIM where the Chapter title in the list of to be released chapters was turned into a link to get the PDF. I wish I could recall the other promised chapters but, hey, they were to be free so you can't really complain. The book was a great value without them.
I just wish I could find my copy of that chapter since you can't get it online anymore. I also wish the book was available somplace in ebook format since its a hefty thing to carry around and I have a great ebook reader I'd love to have it on not to mention my phone.

[pwermonger]

Awesome, that forum post had the Kim additional chapter. The rest are mostly the 'few page' teasers but you can see, its not until Chapter 19 they hit Amiga which only has 5 chapters. Amiga side always felt rushed in the book to me so I am hopeing there are more of the stories from people to flesh that out in the new edition that my fingers are right now itching to get my hands on.
 
I've heard Dave Haynie speak as well as others involved in Amiga and I know there is more of interest there to people hopeing to keep the Commodore legacy in computer history alive.

[pwermonger]

Yes I just read the thread over on the other forum. It is kind of odd that it isnt called "Second Edition: Volume 1" with the expected second edition volume 2 coming in 2012. Nice to see there is additional Amiga material as well as an interview with the designer of the Commodore 65. Though what he writes there seems to imply that the C65 stuff will be in the second volume since that happened suring the Amiga years. So we have to wait until 2012 for that.
 
Another thing I find odd is that the Variant Press site has the book for sale (signed by the author) without saying that its in essence a preorder.
 
I really hope buyond hope they make an electronic version available. Would love to carry this book around in my eReader and/or phone.