#Commodore Name
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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
they already have a commodore cd rom
Oops! I had switched the the MS-DOS side of my brain (the dumb side) and
wasn't thinking at all of the Amiga CD-ROM. You're right, of course.
–Jim
Jim,
C= Canada licensed to 3D Micro a while back. 3D says that even if C=
disappeared completely they could keep on making C= PCs.
I sat beside a C= filing cabinet today. 🙂
Malcolm
Malcolm,
Should we tell 3D that the Commodore name isn't exactly a selling point these
days?
Marion
Marion,
I'd buy a C= PC in a minute (if I'd buy a PC <g>). Always liked them,
especially the keyboards. I don't think you got many C= PCs stateside but
they were big here. My mother still uses a C= turbo XT. Many satisfied
customers.
Malcolm
Yup, we have a 3D Micro in town here that's been producing CBM PC's for
awhile now. They're pretty good looking, for PC's clones.
-= Vance =- Image Master
Flying high on Imagine and Imagemaster R/t!