Ok guys, I will be doing a report on Commodore USA this week

[commodorejohn]

Huh, I'm still pretty sure this is a load of crap, but if he's confident enough to show what he's got to other people, color me intrigued...

[commodorejohn]

I still say a report is indeed needed, and probably done by chapters to sectionalize all the information Barry gave out last night.  That was a wealth of information Barry gave about his history alone that should be shared. Then the overall opinions on the C64x and Vic models, and the history of what had to be done to get the C64x keyboard and case reproduced.  Of course your overall opinion of Barry and his view of where he is steering C=USA towards.

I'm less interested in Barry's life story than in learning what his goal is and what drives his decisions. I don't want to make assumptions about the guy when we could hear it straight from him, but the website full of unmaintained announcements, irrelevant minor details in the absence of solid, significant information, and arguably misleading comparisons to the actual original machines, not to mention the behavior of his employee-slash-unofficial evangelist BigBenAussie (who has been openly hostile not just to flamers, but to people with actual, honestly-stated concerns about the site and the products) raise some serious questions about what he's even trying to do with this.

[commodorejohn]

It's so funny. The exact same thing could be said word-for-word about Ben Hermans and Hyperion/A-eon.

Could be. I'm not an A-Eon apologist and have never followed any shenanigans they may have been involved in.

[commodorejohn]

See, I'd just like to know whether or not they came away with any significant information about C-USA or not. If they just had a fun evening with Barry and shot the shit, that's fine, I don't need a detailed summary, but I'd like to know one way or the other.