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

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I am local to Barry Altman and Commodore USA. I just got off the phone with Barry and he invited me over to see the progress that is being made with the company and on the products. Considering my initial reaction when I heard of this company and it's products was knee-jerk and sharply skeptical, it would only be fair to Barry to take his invitation to see the products, documentation and anything else he would like to show.

I plan on taking pictures where possible and asking questions. I will probably do a full report here on Amiga.org before the end of the week.

Stay tuned...

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Why are people paying this asshat any attention? Commodore & Amiga died in 1994 and anybody else claiming the name since then (with the exception of Escom) needs to be ignored into nonexistence.

Please refrain from personal attacks. You may be as negative as you wish, but personal attacks are against the TOS.

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forgot this.. will you take questions along from us?

Within reason.

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That's cool Red.
So you finally decided to take him up on his offer?

It became clear to me there was at least some substance when I saw the C64 case pictures. I am local, so why not take advantage of that and see first hand if he offered? I'm beyond skeptical and yet my conversation with him was interesting, to say the least.

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Man you stole my interview...j/k congrats.

You aren't local :razz:

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What about the $30 million advertising + marketing campaign? :confused:

I've been told I will be shown some things related to this. I am VERY eager to see what will be shown.

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One thing I would really like to know about Mr Altman, I know it's personal and he may choose not to answer it but the question is this...

Was, is or has he ever been a user of the original CBM products (ie:VIC 20, C64 or Amiga) or is his business venture just based upon the brand names and what he hopes to achieve by building his new business on them...

I only ask because on his site I see no mention of him ever being a Commodore user of any sort, only stuff about "reviving and re-establishing the famous Commodore computer brand."...

He told me he was an active C= user and says he has a photo of himself using a C64 in the early 80's.

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Ahh well at least he had some taste at one point...

(PS:would like to see the photo though, I'm a teensy weensy wee bit of a sceptical bugger at times...

I was told I can get a scan:hammer:

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I had a pleasant evening with Barry Altman, Moochie, Dammy and CyberEye last night. When I get a chance this weekend, I'll type something up. I don't have any sort of inside scoop into provide, afaik all the the information is probably already out there in one form or another. Hopefully putting together a report will help put things in context for some. There will be a few pretty cool pictures.:hammer:

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@Darrin,
I know you were joking, but I will bite.
 

If he offers you something to drink then don't touch it.

He offered me a Coke Zero, it was well chilled and went down well.
 

If he offers to make you CEO of sales in return for you investing your life savings then don't.

No job offers were made and no requests for money.
 

Whatever you do, don't fall asleep otherwise that gestating alien seed pod under your chair will take you over and you'll become "one of them"!

That would have been cool, I never find myself in a sci-fi movie plot:(

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Nice. Btw, who is CyberEye? A member here or...

Yes he is a member, but has not logged in since 2004. He is an old, old friend of mine who tagged along out of curiosity. Cybereye was my business partner in the short lived Anachronism Industries. He and his father used to own an authorized Amiga dealer store and Commodore/Amiga repair store in the 80's and 90's in South Florida.

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Hmm...I see mention on another site of the tv commercials.
Perhaps next time you have a joint reporting mission, you could all sign reporter NDAs, to avoid early leaks. Heh.
Then again, I've seen my share of intentional leaks over the years too.
 
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Actually after the meeting I got the impression a report really wasn't needed or warranted, but I know some people here are looking forward to one. I have no exclusive info and no NDAs were needed. There were only a couple of names mentioned that we were informally asked not to repeat.

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Meeting went well last night. Barry is now a proud owner of a Black Troll Technology Corporation - AROS t-shirt!

And I got to wear my Amiga.org staff shirt, which is a rare occasion:lol:

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That store wouldn't happen to have been in Venice, would it? And also sold NeXT boxes?

No, it started in Pembroke Pines and ended in Davie. They never sold NeXT boxes. It was an authorized Amiga dealer which did repairs on all Commodore hardware. After the demise of Commodore they sold PC clones for a short while before closing up shop. I got my early start on eBay back in ~1997 helping liquidate old stock for the store. The name was "Computer Lane". The answering machine message was made with an Amiga and the program Say.

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@ Redrumloa

Any chance we're going to see this "report" or is this the first big non-event of 2011...

Reading comprehension much?

I will probably do a full report here on Amiga.org before the end of the week.