Super Administrators Main Administrator Posted May 20, 2020 Super Administrators Share Posted May 20, 2020 I'm Matt and I'm helping out with the boring tech stuff behind the scenes on here. My journey began with a VIC-20 in the early 80s, followed by a C64 and an Amiga 500 before being dragged kicking and screaming into the PC era in the mid 90s. And basically, it's all downhill from there, which is why when I saw David's video on his dream computer, I simply sat there with an open mouth, nodding along vigorously. Other than that, I'm the writer and producer of the Blue Skies Chronicles® series of novels and audiobooks. Give them a listen, people seem to like them. 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Administrators Perifractic Posted May 20, 2020 Super Administrators Share Posted May 20, 2020 Hi Matt and thank you for all your hard work on the website. I think it's absolutely brilliant and definitely better than Commodore's website in 1982! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuki Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 12 minutes ago, Perifractic said: definitely better than Commodore's website in 1982 Did Commodore ever had a website? Also hi Matt, love the website :) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlithyMatt Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Juju said: Did Commodore ever had a website? It appears that commodore.com was first registered in 1997, after the original Commodore International went out of business in 1994, which was just before most corporations (outside of IP backbone providers and military R&D contractors) started getting their own domains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Administrators Perifractic Posted May 20, 2020 Super Administrators Share Posted May 20, 2020 You guys know I was joking, right? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlithyMatt Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Oh yeah, Commodore is just an interesting case of a computer company that died just before the internet revolution happened. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlithyMatt Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Here we go, it looks like commodore.com was never used by one of the trademark holders that picked over the corpse of CI/CBM in the 1990s. In 2000, it was finally used by an unrelated company dealing with nuclear waste, of all things! https://web.archive.org/web/20001018202203/http://www.commodore.com:80/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuki Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 17 minutes ago, Perifractic said: You guys know I was joking, right? Yeah, it's one of these jokes that turns into a legitimate discussion on computer history, it's pretty fun. But yeah, kinda weird to think had Commodore stayed a year or two longer they probably would had snagged Commodore.com for themselves. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Administrators Perifractic Posted May 20, 2020 Super Administrators Share Posted May 20, 2020 28 minutes ago, Juju said: Yeah, it's one of these jokes that turns into a legitimate discussion on computer history, it's pretty fun. But yeah, kinda weird to think had Commodore stayed a year or two longer they probably would had snagged Commodore.com for themselves. Ha true. Here's a true story: A couple of years ago I asked the current "Commodore" who seemed to be doing not much with the brand, if it was for sale. They said no, but that they could offer me stock options starting at $18,000,000. I said I'd think about it... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troj Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 On 5/20/2020 at 7:10 AM, MattGrandis said: I'm the writer and producer of the Blue Skies Chronicles® series of novels and audiobooks. Give them a listen, people seem to like them. So....would you classify these as Science Fiction, or something else? From the description, it appears to be SciFi. I may need to add them to my collection to read after I get a new pair of bifocals (getting old in the age of COVID-19 is annoying). -Kevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Administrators Main Administrator Posted June 2, 2020 Author Super Administrators Share Posted June 2, 2020 Thank you for your consideration, Kevin! They are most definitely categorized as sci-fi, but simply because they're dealing with Roswell lore. Personally, I'm not too fond of reducing the story to that part, because that might lead to people expecting a hard sci-fi thriller, which it isn't. It's more character drama, coming-of-age and small-town soap opera, but with aliens (not technically aliens). It's the heartfelt journey of a lost young woman who felt like an alien her whole life, finally finding her family in the most unexpected of places. With lots of comedic relief, delivered by the fan-favorite pop culture obsessed alien (not technically alien) character, who acts as an outside commentator on all our weird little human peculiarities. My goal was to create the fun, quirky "small town in the middle of nowhere having to deal with the unexpected" feel of the Tremors movies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troj Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Okay, this sounds fun. I'm in. -Kevin 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rje Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) Commodore's website in 1982 was primitive, to say the least. It was the kind of internet that was spiral-bound (mine was plastic, which starts to break down after 20 years). At least it was indexed. Edited June 5, 2020 by rje 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceMcF Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 On 5/21/2020 at 2:17 AM, Perifractic said: You guys know I was joking, right? Your auto-correct mangled Joe King. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matej Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Hi Matt I had Amiga 600 long time ago now I have A500 with turbocard. Amazing site/forum!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahsp Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 This website is gorgeous. Excellent job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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