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

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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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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.

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I see why Red is now hesitant to write a report, he will have been made a public enemy by the likes of you and others if he says positive things.  And you wouldn't want that, better to go beat on anyone associated in supporting C=USA, right?

No worries on that, I've already been made by a public enemy in the past for various reasons. I'm far past letting any of that nonsense get to me.

Being labeled a public enemy could be fun. It will remind me of years past when I was accused of being on Genesi's payroll for buying a Pegasos motherboard with American currency or getting banned on -ANOTHER FORUM- for stating on Amiga.org that I thought businesses should not run a charity and should real life let market values determine sale prices. Those were the days, maybe I can relive them:roflmao:

But seriously, no. This is not a concern. I will put something out tonight or tomorrow, I've already typed something up.

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Honestly, I am mostly intrigued by the "wedge" C64 combo case doodad they might be building.  I like their concept of "retro style" if they kept it at that and did not try to sell "retro substance."  If that wedge could hold one graphics card of my choice plus having the basics builtin (Wireless N/gigabit ethernet, sound, etc) it would be a neat PC to own.  I'd slap Win7 on it and game the crap out of it.  If it truly will have cherry mechanical switches in the keyboard (and double injection molded keys) I am so there.  BUT then again I'm not sold on the "Commodore" aspect.  If I wanted a NG Amiga experience, I'd buy a G5 and throw MOS on it (Which I most probably will do in the future), or AmigaForever on whatever X86 machine I will be rocking.

I'm not convinced that this thing is even reality, however.  And as for their "Amiga" line...c'mon-no one is buying that.  But give them credit - if that "C64" redesign is real, it takes balls to engineer computer hardware these days that is outside the norm.  If I want one of their amiga redesigns, however, I'll build it myself thanks.

The C64x is real, I held it in my own hands. I asked on at least 2 occasions if I could take it home. :hammer:

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Cherry Blue or Cherry Brown switches?  PCB or plate-mounted?  DyeSub or double injection molded keys?  

Stop asking me questions, I have pictures to crop:hammer: