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In a message dated 07-17-15, Tom Walker said to All:
TNX Tom for the information below.
TW> Commodore Returns With an Android Phone
TW> The Android-based PET allows users to play original C64 and Amiga
TW> games on the handset.
TW> *-* the phone's real draw is likely its nostalgia-inducing gameplay.
TW> Running a custom version of Android 5.0 Lollipop, alongside the VICE
TW> C64 and Uae4All-SDL Amiga emulators, Commodore's PET aims to equip
TW> users with some of the best 1980s games.
TW> Commodore plans to introduce its PET to more European countries and
TW> the U.S. in the near future, Wired said,
This should be IT for our friend Ed, hi hi !
OTOH, I miss the demise of the Amiga. If it would have been taken
seriously there might not have been the need for OS/2 or even Linux.
As it panned out, the Amiga 500 was labeled a game machine, like its
pre-decessors and wasn't considered as something for the business world.
CU AGN,
Holger
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þ MR/2 2.30 þ Windows - about as useful as air brakes on a turtle.
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