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  • Re: Commodore History Book Recommendation

    From Daniel@me@sci.fidan.com to comp.sys.cbm on Friday, January 29, 2021 22:40:51
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    Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey@vcfed.org> writes:

    Hello everyone,

    I am looking for suggestions on books about Commodore history. I
    already know about Brian Bagnell's books (Commodore: On The Edge), but unfortunately his book is hard to find these days and seems out of
    print.

    Does anyone have an alternative suggestion?

    Thanks!

    Jeff Brae

    I've only read history on sites like c64-wiki.com. The 8-bit guy on
    youtube did a multi-part documentary on the history of commodore,
    starting with the Vic20.

    Believe it or not, for publication materials, you'd be surprised how
    much original, out of print, material is available for checkout at your
    local library.

    Last year I was checking out books on programming 6502 assembly that was published in the early 80s. The books were sitting on some shelf in a university library far from me. I wouldn't be surprised if they have
    good history books on the commodore for checkout. The book you're
    looking for may easily be obtainable that way.

    I even got recently published books on retro game programming written by
    some known youtube personalities specializing on it.

    I'd also check lemon64.com forum. The volume of knowledge there is bar
    none the best I've seen. If you're a user of BBS's, there's a CBM echo
    on fidonet you can post on too, if looking for good suggestions.

    --
    Daniel
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  • From Mayhem@Mayhemers@hotmail.com to comp.sys.cbm on Tuesday, February 02, 2021 00:32:46
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    The books by Brian Bagnall are pretty good.



    Hello everyone,

    I am looking for suggestions on books about Commodore history. I already know about Brian Bagnell's books (Commodore: On The Edge), but unfortunately his book is hard to find these days and seems out of print.

    Does anyone have an alternative suggestion?

    Thanks!

    Jeff Brae
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