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Photos of the Commodore production line in Hong Kong (dustlayer.com)
96 points by yankcrime on Aug 16, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments


I still miss my Commodore 64.


The fax number? How about that UUCP email address.

Kind of sad to see all those PC clones on desks.


The last 4 digits of the HK fax number is 1541, which was the model number for the C64 external disk drive. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_1541)


Ironic that by then fax machines moved serial data faster across phone networks than the 1541 did over a 3' cable.


Most of them are Amigas (2000), it seems


There are definitely Amiga 2000s in the photos but most of the monitors have PC-style keyboards in front of them (look above the cursor keys - the Amiga one only has 2 keys (Del and Help) there rather than 6 and only 8 function keys, not 12). It's possible they're attached to Amiga 2000s with adapters but between that and what's on the monitors, I'm pretty sure most desks are primarily running DOS PCs.


Very cool. Reminds me of the video on youtube about the last day at a commodore facility. Definitely was ahead of its time.


Radar rat race. That's all.


Yes, Hongkongese too can say that "We used to build shit in this country".




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