Subj : Re: Preserving the history of Commodore (Facebook Group)
To   : davemcmurtrie@gmail.com
From : Andreas Kohlbach
Date : Thu Oct 19 2017 19:11:10

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
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your car has never had a full tank of gas.

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