On the Edge

Author: Brian Bagnall
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0973864907

On the Edge: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore

Between 1976 and 1994, Commodore had astounding success in the nascent personal computer business. Download On the Edge: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Amid the chaos and infighting, Commodore was able to achieve some remarkable industry firsts. They were the first major company to show a personal computer, even before Apple and Radio Shack. They sold a million computers before anyone else. No single computer has sold more than the Commodore 64. The first true multimedia computer, the Amiga, came from Commodore. Yet with all these milestones, Commodore receives almost no credit as a pioneer. Commodore was one of the only companies with the ability to make silicon, and the results were obvious. They had more creativity, more color, and more character than the competition. While Apple and IBM charged Search and find a lot of computer books in many category availabe for free download.

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