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- From: jcompton@flood.xnet.com (Jason Compton)
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- Subject: Re: Commodore is Coming Back! -- get this...
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 17:41:52 GMT
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- Douglas Beattie Jr. (beattidp@svc.ctc.edu) wrote:
- : Escom International bought Commodore; their home page
- : looks like commodore is an important future prospect.
-
- : There is also a rumor that they will re-manufacture, and
- : then mass market the C64 in Europe!
-
- ...which is news from April 1995.
-
- Escom AG did buy the Commodore assets, including the C64. But their
- plans to manufacture the 64 for sale in EASTERN Europe and Asia have hit
- the snag that their manufacturer in China told them it would take a year
- to ramp up for anything.
-
- Right now, it seems that all Escom has done is license the 64 ROMcode to
- Activision for their 64 Action Pack.
-
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