| Commodore History Book Recommendation [message #400616] |
Sun, 27 September 2020 14:58  |
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Originally posted by: Jeffrey Brace
Hello everyone,
I am looking for suggestions on books about Commodore history. I already know about Brian Bagnell's books (Commodore: On The Edge), but unfortunately his book is hard to find these days and seems out of print.
Does anyone have an alternative suggestion?
Thanks!
Jeff Brae
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| Re: Commodore History Book Recommendation [message #400667 is a reply to message #400616] |
Tue, 29 September 2020 18:20  |
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Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey@vcfed.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am looking for suggestions on books about Commodore history. I
> already know about Brian Bagnell's books (Commodore: On The Edge),
> but unfortunately his book is hard to find these days and seems
> out of print.
>
> Does anyone have an alternative suggestion?
"The Home Computer Wars" by Michael S. Tomczyk. "An insider's account
of Commodore and Jack Tramiel".
It's downloadable from DLH's Commodore archive:
http://69.60.118.202/generic/generic-books.htm
Or alternatively I don't think I paid very much for a second-hand
copy.
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| Re: Commodore History Book Recommendation [message #404975 is a reply to message #400616] |
Sat, 30 January 2021 01:40 |
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Originally posted by: Daniel
Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey@vcfed.org> writes:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am looking for suggestions on books about Commodore history. I
> already know about Brian Bagnell's books (Commodore: On The Edge), but
> unfortunately his book is hard to find these days and seems out of
> print.
>
> Does anyone have an alternative suggestion?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeff Brae
I've only read history on sites like c64-wiki.com. The 8-bit guy on
youtube did a multi-part documentary on the history of commodore,
starting with the Vic20.
Believe it or not, for publication materials, you'd be surprised how
much original, out of print, material is available for checkout at your
local library.
Last year I was checking out books on programming 6502 assembly that was
published in the early 80s. The books were sitting on some shelf in a
university library far from me. I wouldn't be surprised if they have
good history books on the commodore for checkout. The book you're
looking for may easily be obtainable that way.
I even got recently published books on retro game programming written by
some known youtube personalities specializing on it.
I'd also check lemon64.com forum. The volume of knowledge there is bar
none the best I've seen. If you're a user of BBS's, there's a CBM echo
on fidonet you can post on too, if looking for good suggestions.
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Daniel
Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world
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| Re: Commodore History Book Recommendation [message #405099 is a reply to message #400616] |
Tue, 02 February 2021 03:32 |
Mayhem
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The books by Brian Bagnall are pretty good.
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am looking for suggestions on books about Commodore history. I already know about Brian Bagnell's books (Commodore: On The Edge), but unfortunately his book is hard to find these days and seems out of print.
>
> Does anyone have an alternative suggestion?
>
> Thanks!
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> Jeff Brae
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