VGW: When I called the only number listed on their website, a baritone voice answered with a single word I haven’t heard uttered aloud in ages: “Commodore.” The voice on the other end was 60-year-old Barry Altman, the CEO and President of Commodore USA, a company which formed in April 2010 with the singular vision of reviving the much loved Commodore brand of personal computers. Without introducing myself, I proceeded to spew half-baked questions fueled more by nostalgic glee than journalistic curiosity. Mr. Altman patiently answered them all, passionately divulging information without seeming to care whether I was a reporter for network television news, or just a crazed fan. The fact that Commodore USA’s head honcho was manning the phone lines and chatting about his product without the usual blockade of PR filters in place speaks volumes about the company, and the spirit of Commodore itself.
Commodore’s attempt at competing with Apple’s newly introduced Macintosh - 1985’s Amiga was an impressive piece of kit for its time!
Wow that was a poor story. The Amiga CD32 sold amazing in the UK but its issues in the USA stopped them from releasing it over there and was the file blow to Amiga that is only a part of the story like but the USA version of the A32 are like gold dust.
I really regret not keeping hold of my Cd32 now. Despite the horrible pad controller, once you had a joystick and mouse connected, it was a great bit of kit. But by that time it faced much stiffer competition.
I still have mineand get it out every now and again. For me its abit like the dreamcast ahead of its time with some amazing games but the company was not in a good shape when the console came out.
Really poor article that does not render justice to that fantastic machine. The architecture description is limited to its MC68000 Proc, ahaha! This guy does not have any clue about this machine. Where are the co-pro, Lisa, Agnes, AGA,...? The Multi tasking OS ??? Fantastic sound???? Ridiculous article that does not render justice to a beautiful beast from the past.
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