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Commodore: The Amiga Years Hardcover – 30 Nov. 2013

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Seeking to ascertain how the Commodore Amiga, a computer now widely regarded as having been five years ahead of its competition, failed so spectacularly in the marketplace, this book takes an in-depth look at the people and personalities behind it. The often unflattering picture that emerges is one of top-level executives who had little understanding of how to market their product to the public and a company that struggled to remain relevant. Other products that Commodore produced and tried to market, such as the C128, Geos, game consoles, and the untold story of the proposed successor to the record-breaking C64the C65are also examined in depth. Told through firsthand interviews with company insiders, this examination of the now defunct company traces the often baffling decisions that led to the eventual demise of Commodore.

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540 pages
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English
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Variant Press
Publication date

30 Nov. 2013
ISBN-10

0973864990
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978-0973864991
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Brian Bagnall is the author of several books, including Intelligence Unleashed andMaximum LEGO NXT, and is a regular contributor to Old-Computers.com. He lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Variant Press (30 Nov. 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 540 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0973864990
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0973864991

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Bucket O' Beans

Wow! Very informative and well written... better than expectations

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 February 2021

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My second foray into the history of Commodore with Brian was a success. Once again, his research and interviews with ex-staff was perfect. The emotion and annoyance of staff were successfully captured, and examples of management incompetence and short-sightedness clearly explained. The final book of this trilogy is on coffee table, ready to be read... which moron will ultimately ruin a great company?

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3D71

Disapointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 December 2018

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After Bagnall’s excellent earlier history of Commodore broke new ground this delayed book is a dissapointment, reading like overmatter from ‘On the Edge’ and a mashup of other interviews and talks already available online.

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Tenstorey

Great insight into the birth of the Commodore Amiga however ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 April 2018

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Great insight into the birth of the Commodore Amiga however it stops just as the the story heats up! I look forward to a subsequent book to complete the story. (This is the follow up to the author's book "Commodore: A company on the edge".

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M. B. Clarke

and a good companion to "commodore

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 January 2018

I wasn't part of the kickstarter, so I am judging this as it stands. It's a very informative book, and a good companion to "commodore: a company on the edge". As a long time commodore/Amiga fan it has taught me a lot about the Amiga's history....things I thought I already knew. A nice photograph section helps you put faces to the names, which is very useful. All in all, I would recommend it to any enthusiast.

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Ally Scott

Great quality Book, Fast shipping and Decent price

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 January 2018

The book arrived a few days before Amazon said it would, which was a great bonus, was wrapped up and perfectly protected during shipping, print quality is really good, the hard cover and sleeve where great quality and vibrant and the book itself is supposadly very interesting to those who are Fans of Computing history

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VSOLUTIONS SPRL

I have just read 2 chapters and I can tell ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 November 2017

I have just read 2 chapters and I can tell you that the story is extremely interesting. So much details I didn't know (Building a Unix machine for example). We also have the pleasure to discover a booklet of 16 pages of pictures in the middle of the book.

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necronom

It's now being funded on Kickstarter.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 June 2015

From Brian:
"Commodore: The Amiga Years will be launching on Kickstarter June 15!"

That's 15/06/2015, so I suggest we all go and pre-order it there to get it funded.

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C64 since 1985

Don't waste your time with this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2017

Should be titled "The Amiga Years - Half the story the rest you will have to pay for in DLC". Seriously this book goes on sale before the Kickstarters receive theirs AND at a cheaper price! It's crazy! We were promised over 800 pages and he cut that almost in half! Don't waste your time with this book, you'll get to the end of 1987 and wonder where is the rest of the book! It tells only half the story and you'll have to pay (again) for the rest!

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