| Commodore Books [message #902] |
Wed, 08 February 2012 02:12  |
Computer Nerd Kev
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Last year I bought Brian Bagnall's book "Commodore: A company on
the edge", and found it to be a great read. I thought this was
the only book about the company written however I recently
discovered the existence of Michael Tomczyk's book "The Home
Computer Wars", which I promptly bought and am reading now.
This has got me wondering whether there are any other books
about the company which I have also missed, be they recent or
from the time, hence I'm asking here.
By the way I do know about the follow up book from Brian Bagnall
due later this year.
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| Re: Commodore Books [message #904 is a reply to message #902] |
Wed, 08 February 2012 20:10  |
jbones
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From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm
On Feb 8, 2:12 am, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> Last year I bought Brian Bagnall's book "Commodore: A company on
> the edge", and found it to be a great read. I thought this was
> the only book about the company written however I recently
> discovered the existence of Michael Tomczyk's book "The Home
> Computer Wars", which I promptly bought and am reading now.
>
> This has got me wondering whether there are any other books
> about the company which I have also missed, be they recent or
> from the time, hence I'm asking here.
>
> By the way I do know about the follow up book from Brian Bagnall
> due later this year.
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Both were great books and covered a lot of the same stories, although
I found The Home Computer Wasr a bit repetitive at times. Commodork
is definitely worth checking out if you're into nostalgic 64 stories
and if you were in the BBS/warez scene back in the day...
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| Re: Commodore Books [message #954 is a reply to message #902] |
Sun, 12 February 2012 01:29 |
RobertB
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From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm
On Feb 7, 11:12 pm, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> Last year I bought Brian Bagnall's book "Commodore: A company on
> the edge", and found it to be a great read. I thought this was
> the only book about the company written however I recently
> discovered the existence of Michael Tomczyk's book "The Home
> Computer Wars", which I promptly bought and am reading now.
>
> This has got me wondering whether there are any other books
> about the company which I have also missed...
Well, there is Bagnall's earlier book, "On the Edge: the Rise
and Fall of Commodore", which combines Commodore and Amiga.
His current book, "Commodore: A Company on the Edge," is an
expansion of the first half of the earlier book (CBM up to 1985).
Due later this year, his next book, which will cover CBM from
1986-1994, is expansion of the second half of the earlier book.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
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| Re: Commodore Books [message #955 is a reply to message #902] |
Sun, 12 February 2012 01:39 |
RobertB
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From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm
On Feb 7, 11:12 pm, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> Last year I bought Brian Bagnall's book "Commodore: A company on
> the edge", and found it to be a great read. I thought this was
> the only book about the company written however I recently
> discovered the existence of Michael Tomczyk's book "The Home
> Computer Wars", which I promptly bought and am reading now.
> This has got me wondering whether there are any other books
> about the company which I have also missed...
Well, there is Bagnall's earlier book, "On the Edge: the Rise
and Fall of Commodore", which combines Commodore and Amiga.
His current book, "Commodore: A Company on the Edge," is an
expansion of the first half of the earlier book (CBM up to 1985).
His next book, which will cover CBM from 1986-1994, is expansion
of the second half of the earlier book.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
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