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    From davemcmurtrie@gmail.com@3:770/3 to All on Thu Oct 19 15:19:36 2017
    Hi All,

    There are dozens of websites, forums and Facebook pages for the purpose of exploring the technical bits of Commodore. And really, there should be. Commodore was a tech company for part of its history. There are also dozens of
    Commodore fan pages and
    that's also a wonderful thing.

    I have no desire to add to that or replace what's already out there. What I am
    hoping to achieve is to focus on the historical side of the company. Probably every day, somewhere in the world an attic is cleaned out and an old Commodore brochure is
    thrown away, or the instruction booklet for a Commodore game, or an old Commodore advertisement. Or maybe someone worked for Commodore and they have old company memos laying around. I wanted to set up an easy way for folks to share those items instead
    of just throwing them in the garbage. Also, I wanted people who grew up with Commodore but maybe aren't still fans to have a place where they can go to reminisce.

    If you have a moment, please check out the Facebook group I started a few weeks
    ago. If you'd like to join, please do so. I'll be happy to have you. I would
    also really appreciate it if you have scans, pictures or stories you'd like to share with
    everyone else. The group is tiny at the moment, but I'm hoping you can help it
    to grow.

    The group can be found at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1985860541658665/

    I hope to see some/all of you there.

    Thanks!

    Dave

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  • From Andreas Kohlbach@3:770/3 to davemcmurtrie@gmail.com on Thu Oct 19 19:11:10 2017
    On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 15:19:36 -0700 (PDT), davemcmurtrie@gmail.com wrote:

    There are dozens of websites, forums and Facebook pages for the
    purpose of exploring the technical bits of Commodore. And really,
    there should be. Commodore was a tech company for part of its
    history. There are also dozens of Commodore fan pages and that's also
    a wonderful thing.

    I have no desire to add to that or replace what's already out there.
    What I am hoping to achieve is to focus on the historical side of the company. Probably every day, somewhere in the world an attic is
    cleaned out and an old Commodore brochure is thrown away, or the
    instruction booklet for a Commodore game, or an old Commodore
    advertisement. Or maybe someone worked for Commodore and they have
    old company memos laying around. I wanted to set up an easy way for
    folks to share those items instead of just throwing them in the
    garbage. Also, I wanted people who grew up with Commodore but maybe
    aren't still fans to have a place where they can go to reminisce.

    If you have a moment, please check out the Facebook group I started a
    few weeks ago. If you'd like to join, please do so. I'll be happy to
    have you. I would also really appreciate it if you have scans,
    pictures or stories you'd like to share with everyone else. The group
    is tiny at the moment, but I'm hoping you can help it to grow.

    The group can be found at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1985860541658665/

    I hope to see some/all of you there.

    There is probably already archive.org and bitsavers doing exactly this.
    --
    Andreas
    You know you are a redneck if
    your car has never had a full tank of gas.

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    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)