Is this for real -- a new C64/128 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 May 2000

Who owns the Commodore Trademark now?

-----Original Message-----
From: Sipke de Wal &lt;sipke(a)wxs.nl&gt;
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt;
Date: Monday, May 15, 2000 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: Is this for real -- a new C64/128

...
 The Comodore Trademark has been sold and resold in
Holland in the last six years
...
 as far as I can tell both the Tulip and the Escom
company have at least been
...
 holder
of the trade mark and at least one of them payed no more than Fl 100,- (=$40,-)
...
 I dont know if this applied only to a dutch (benelux)
trademark or the worldwide
...
 trademark.

If the comodore company once again exists it is certainly not the same company
...
 that gave us the VIC & the C64.

My guess is that the trademark was for grabs once more and somebody
is trying to beat a few more bucks out of it.

Branding a run off the mill clone with the comodore logo and supplying a
couple of emulators and a special keyboard with it, truely sounds like a hype in
...
 the
making. It'll blow over pretty soon.

Sipke de Wal

> > The site looks raw enough to dissuade me from believing anything will
come
...
 > > out of this.  And how is it going to benefit
with having a 6502 onboard as
...
 > > claimed if there will also be a 200-500Mhz
processor, and everything else
...
 > > indicates emulation?  It's obvious this
will simply be a PC, and putting
...
 > > together a machine with the specs this one
will supposedly have requires
...
 > > some expensive engineering.
> >
> > Look lower on their page, where they advertise the C= PC.  I think that
> > tells us what they truly are trying to sell.  The "Next Generation
C64" is
...
   > just hype
to suck you in. 