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I learned how to program on a C64, an A500 and a A1200. When Commodore went bankrupt I was so heart broken I considered quitting programming. According to thi
by yeureka 11y ago
I learned how to program on a C64, an A500 and a A1200.
When Commodore went bankrupt I was so heart broken I considered quitting programming.
According to this article, Irvine Gould had a lot to do with this.
Not sure what to feel for the man.
Edit: grammar.
- vidarh 11y agoPlenty of us saw Irving Gould as pretty much satan back then, though at the same time it's clear he was essential in funding Commodore in the early years. You could probably still get a lot of people to pay for an opportunity to egg Gould (if he'd still been alive) and Mehdi Ali (Goulds last executive hire, who conveniently leave out what happened to Commodore under his tenure on his website these days) to this day.
- zokier 11y agoIf you haven't seen it yet, Deathbed Vigil is a documentary of the last days of Commodore based on contemporary video footage. It is pretty harrowing, and plenty of the people onscreen seem quite bitter with the management.
- walkingolof 11y agoHere it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvJjFYHGTnU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvJjFYHGTnU Hope its preserved in some national archive.