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Commodore shocks retro TechTuber with option to buy 'the whole company' (www.tomshardware.com)
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[-] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago

Right at the end of the video, there is a twist that may raise the graying eyebrows of Commodore fans around the globe. Perifractic reveals that he received a message direct from Commodore Corporation B.V. that states “yes we can grant you an exclusive license, but your team seems to know Commodore better than we do, we might like to sell you the whole company.”

What 😄

Sadly, we are left with this cliffhanger. Viewers are told to stay tuned for Part 2 of this video, “live and Let Buy.” But we don’t have a date for the video publication. Stay tuned, indeed.

:(

[-] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

do they have anything left except the branding..?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

They may have some old IP like manufacturing specs, schematics, software, etc.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

If this actually goes through, I think this could be a great thing. I've been watching retro recipes for a while, and I think Perifractic knows what he's doing.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Yeah I believe so as well, from all retro tech tubers I follow (lgr, techmoan, this does not compute, nostalgia nerd, Veronica explains, mvg, retro recipes) he seems to be the most qualified.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Is he more qualified than The 8-Bit Guy?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

oh damn you are right I forgot about David, my bad.

Mhm now thats a pickel, as David literally concepted and built his dream machine the commander x16. I dunno, I guess no on the technical aspect?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Peri does it for love, David does it for money. Who do you want in charge?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I've never heard of Peri until this thread so I have no opinion of his motivations, but I do watch The 8-Bit Guy and I never got the impression that he was in it for the money. What makes you think that?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

What makes you think that?

Haven't you wondered why he's all but stopped making videos on his primary channel? In January of 2024 he released a video where he openly says that he can't make money like he used too so he's dialed back his "main" channel and is instead focusing on his Barcade channel.

This isn't the first time he's done it either. Remember, he started off as the "TheiBookGuy" where you bought, fixed, and resold used Macs. When that stopped making money he quit doing it and launched a PC Repair channel and when that didn't pay off he moved to RetroComputing.

Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy his historical retro type content. I also appreciate the projects and energy he contribute(s/d) to the Retro community but in a contest of altruism between The 8 Bit Guy and Perifractic there's really no contests.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I guess I wasn't paying enough attention. TIL!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

You guys, I think Perifractic was in a Star Wars movie haha.
Looking forward to hearing more as this progresses.
I would've looked up whether Commodore Corp. had changed hands via KVK: https://www.kvk.nl/bestellen/#/83289348000049466550 but unfortunately it's paywalled.

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