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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore book released
« on: September 30, 2005, 12:48:09 PM »
'The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore' tells the story of Commodore through first-hand accounts by the actual Commodore engineers and managers who made the company.

The 600 plus pages of tangible Commodore history have been available since september 18th.

More info here.
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Re: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore book released
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2005, 01:04:26 PM »
Book is worth the money.  An informative read about C= history...
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Re: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore book released
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2005, 01:20:44 PM »
I'd think so. It's high on my 'to buy' list, but I have to buy 100EUR worth of books for a minor I'm doing...so first things first :/.
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Re: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore book released
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2005, 01:43:21 PM »
weird...

"He didn't listen real well." - Commodore Engineer Al Charpentier on Jack Tramiel


“I really liked Jack Tramiel” - Al Charpentier
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Re: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore book released
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2005, 05:26:02 PM »
Maybe Jack Tramiel was a lovable cuddly fellow who was hard of hearing? I know I don't listen real well either, but then I've got the attention span of a...ooh, pie!
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Re: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore book released
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2005, 05:46:58 PM »
I'll wait for the movie.. lol
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Re: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore book released
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2005, 08:11:59 PM »
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I'll wait for the movie.. lol

I thought there already was one?

:-P
(About the fall at least..).
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Re: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore book released
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2005, 10:32:46 PM »
It's on my "to get" list. I'm really looking forward to it.
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Re: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore book released
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2005, 10:55:49 PM »
Got mine yesterday, definitely worth the money.
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Re: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore book released
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2005, 11:29:29 PM »
Excellent book!
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Re: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore book released
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2005, 11:33:39 PM »
Check out this book as well
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Michael S. Tomczyk

An Insider's Account
of Commodore and Jack Tramiel
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