Is this for real -- a new C64/128

From: Owen Robertson <mrdos_at_swbell.net>
Date: Sun May 14 23:32:06 2000

Who owns the Commodore Trademark now?


-----Original Message-----
From: Sipke de Wal <sipke_at_wxs.nl>
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, May 15, 2000 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: Is this for real -- a new C64/128


>The Comodore Trademark has been sold and resold in Holland in the last six
years
>as far as I can tell both the Tulip and the Escom company have at least
been
>holder
>of the trade mark and at least one of them payed no more than Fl 100,-
(=$40,-)
>I dont know if this applied only to a dutch (benelux) trademark or the
worldwide
>trademark.
>
>If the comodore company once again exists it is certainly not the same
company
>that gave us the VIC & the C64.
>
>My guess is that the trademark was for grabs once more and somebody
>is trying to beat a few more bucks out of it.
>
>Branding a run off the mill clone with the comodore logo and supplying a
>couple of emulators and a special keyboard with it, truely sounds like a
hype in
>the
>making. It'll blow over pretty soon.
>
>Sipke de Wal
>
>> > The site looks raw enough to dissuade me from believing anything will
come
>> > out of this. And how is it going to benefit with having a 6502 onboard
as
>> > claimed if there will also be a 200-500Mhz processor, and everything
else
>> > indicates emulation? It's obvious this will simply be a PC, and
putting
>> > together a machine with the specs this one will supposedly have
requires
>> > some expensive engineering.
>> >
>> > Look lower on their page, where they advertise the C= PC. I think that
>> > tells us what they truly are trying to sell. The "Next Generation C64"
is
>> > just hype to suck you in.
>
>
Received on Sun May 14 2000 - 23:32:06 BST