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   Holger Granholm to Tom Walker   
   Re: Heads up C64 game lov   
   19 Jul 15 09:26:00   
   
   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.   
      
      
    * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228)   

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