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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)

Posted by Nafcom on Jul 03, 2020 // Read more »


Back David Pleasance's new "Commodore: The Inside Story" book on Kickstarter!

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Posted by Nafcom on Mar 12, 2017 // Read more »


The May 2016 Commodore Alumni Meeting in the slow donkey restaurant.

On June, 25th, I was invited to the secret meeting of former Commodore employees from Commodore Germany and Austria. In a restaurant in Frankfurt  Germany called “slow donkey”.

I have been invited by Andre Kudra of the MEGA project (which we had interviewed in our podcast in February.

It was a real nice location and restaurant and about 40 former Commodore employees attended.

The…

Posted by Nafcom on Jul 03, 2016 // Read more »


Podcast Episode #13 - Commodore Business Machines

Commodore is back, with a... smartphone? AJ and Joerg talk to Commodore Business Machines CEO Massimo Canigiani and General Manager Paolo Besser on resurrecting the brand and what they hope to accomplish.

Posted by AJ on Sep 25, 2015 // Read more »