KIM/MOS-Tech

On Mon, 31 Aug 1998 19:23:11 +1, "Hans Franke" &lt;franke(a)sbs.de&gt; wrote: I did some research on this about 18 months ago in preparation for contacting Commodore's bankruptcy counsel to see about purchasing the rights to Commodore's 8-bit technology. Even though I read the Chapter 11 reorganization plan and Chapter 7 liquidation motion, and my corporate counsel looked at the docs, it's really hard to trace the chain of asset transfers, since I could not find a specific list of those assets sold; only broad "all intellectual property" language was used. Collectively, Commodore's assets were sold to Escom (a German computer manufacturer) for $14 million, $4 million of which realted to CBM and $10 million related to Commodore International Bahamas, Ltd. an affiliate of CBM. The former CSG operation located at 950 Rittenhouse Road in Norristown PA was purchased by GMT Microelectronics Corp., a company formed by former CSG management in order to purchase the chip-making assets. The purchase price was $4.3 million plus another $1 million to clear EPA liens. Assets included the plant, equipment, other inventory items at that location. Last year, I made a field trip to GMT and verified that they exist and are operating out of the old CSG building. The non-CSG assets stayed with Escom until they filed for receivership (bankruptcy), in 1996. The assets were then sold to a Netherlands-based company (Commodore NL??), who then sold the Amiga assets to Gateway (the Holstein cow people). I don't think that anyone truly knows who owns the old 8-bit assets. Commodore NL sells PeeCee compatible machines under the Commodore name, so I'd bank on Gateway owning them. If anyone on this list knows anyone at Gateway, now may be the time to use the relationship. Rich Cini/WUGNET &lt;nospam_rcini(a)msn.com&gt; - ClubWin/CW7 - MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking - Preserver of "classic" computers <<<< ========== reply separator ========== >>>>>