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From Vultures to Vampires: 25 Years of Copyright Chaos and Technology Triumphs, Volume Two: 2005–2021
The shocking history of the iconic Amiga computer.
In From Vultures to Vampires , David John Pleasance, former managing director of Commodore UK, details what happened to the Amiga computer and brand after the 1994 demise of Commodore International. This book examines twenty-five years of ownership changes, asset stripping, legal battles, and greed to tell the story of the machine dubbed “the computer that refuses to die.”
The book chronicles the pioneering machine’s path from the painful post-Commodore years to the present-day resurrection of the cult classic. Moreover, it celebrates the talented Amiga enthusiasts and companies who are still striving to create groundbreaking technology worthy of the original Amiga.
In From Vultures to Vampires , David John Pleasance, former managing director of Commodore UK, details what happened to the Amiga computer and brand after the 1994 demise of Commodore International. This book examines twenty-five years of ownership changes, asset stripping, legal battles, and greed to tell the story of the machine dubbed “the computer that refuses to die.”
The book chronicles the pioneering machine’s path from the painful post-Commodore years to the present-day resurrection of the cult classic. Moreover, it celebrates the talented Amiga enthusiasts and companies who are still striving to create groundbreaking technology worthy of the original Amiga.
368 pages, Hardcover
Published September 29, 2023
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September 1, 2023
A very good read, full of detail. I particularly enjoyed the quotes from those involved. I can imagine it was a huge amount of work to speak to those people and collate all the other information in this book. To me it does read a little dryly in places - some of it I found tricky to ingest, as I wasn't "in the scene" at the time of the events and so I don't know which parts of it had a big impact on users and which parts went unnoticed. It would have been good to know what the user reaction was to these various machines and operating systems. Still, a great reference book and an invaluable history of what went on.
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