#Commodore Name
Went to a computer gathering in Toronto today. The ComputerFest is almost
exclusively MS-DOS.
The Commodore name was there, but not as we know it: I gather that some
while back, Commodore licensed other manufacturers to put the C= label on their
MS-DOS Merchandise.
So there was a range of new MS-DOS computers: "Commodore 94 – A Generation
of Change!" (well, I'll certainly have to go along with that). "3 Years Parts
& 3 years Labor Warranty! First year on-site by Xerox!". Four intel-inside
models on display ranging from a 486SX/33 (with CD-ROM, C$1598, about US$1250)
to a Pentium DX/90.
But the item that took me by surprise: the Commodore Fax Modem (MS-DOS, of
course) for C$89, about US$65: 14.4K, V32bis & V42bis, Windows software
included.
Gosh, what's next? A Commodore CD-ROM? A Commodore cellular phone? A
Commodore electric toenail clipper?
–Jim