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Podcast Episode #91 - From Vultures to Vampires with David Pleasance

David Pleasance is the former marketing director for Commodore, and gained notoriety for his use of software bundles to sell computers, especially in the UK. He's also the author of "Commodore - The Inside Story", which detailed the internal workings of Commodore during its waning years. He's following this book up with a look at the Amiga: "From Vultures to Vampires", which looks at what became of Amiga after Commodore vanished into the mist. David joins AJ and Joerg today to talk about his time at Commodore, how other companies can carry on the torch, and about his new book, which is on Kickstarter. (Interview beings at 24:00)

inks related to this episode:

• David Pleasance: https://davidpleasance.com
• From Vultures to Vampires on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/469255657/from-vultures-to-vampires

Other stuff we talked about:

• Mini-Pet: https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/mini-pet.html
• Yandex Retro Games Battle 2020: https://yandex.ru/museum/yrgb-2020-en
• Living Computers Museum and Labs: https://livingcomputers.org
• MEGA65: https://mega65.org
• Command and Conquer Remastered: https://www.ea.com/games/command-and-conquer/command-and-conquer-remastered

Slightly less pleasant:

• Joerg's crap blog: https://nafcom.eu/
• Joerg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nafcom
• Joerg on Instagram: https://instagram.com/nafcom
  
  
• AJ: http://justwestofhell.com
• AJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/derision64
• AJ on Instagram: https://instagram.com/derision667
• AJ's dog on Instagram: https://instagram.com/elmersworld

Intro promo by Jens Shoenfeld: https://icomp.de
Music by Altraz: http://martindrake.net

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