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On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore

In 1976 a company making electronic calculators buys a chip manufacturer and goes on to release three ground-breaking personal computers, each selling better than the last; By 1984 they are the dominant personal computer maker but in the same year fire the founder and spend the next 10 years sliding into irrelevance. On The Edge is the story as told by people who worked there. Continue reading

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