Someone on here was asking for pics of a Commodore production line. I just stumbled on these pics ..
http://dustlayer.com/blog/2014/8/16/los ... -hong-kong
Commodore factory pics
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Thanks for the tip!
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Nice find!
I see Amiga 2000 and 3000 cases and parts so I assume these are early 90s.
I see Amiga 2000 and 3000 cases and parts so I assume these are early 90s.
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I was reading some old issues of the TPUG newsletter and they mentioned this URL.
Apparently the pictures were taken by a company taking over the premises after Commodore's demise.
I wonder what they assembled in Hong Kong? I think the VIC was just made in Japan, US, Canada, West Germany, wasn't it?
Apparently the pictures were taken by a company taking over the premises after Commodore's demise.
I wonder what they assembled in Hong Kong? I think the VIC was just made in Japan, US, Canada, West Germany, wasn't it?
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Still, they look kind of "amateurish", desks with testers and everything in a messy fashion... Surprising for the late Commodore!eslapion wrote:Nice find!
I see Amiga 2000 and 3000 cases and parts so I assume these are early 90s.
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Ha! You should see the office where I work!
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Doesn't look amateurish at all to me!orion70 wrote:Still, they look kind of "amateurish", desks with testers and everything in a messy fashion... Surprising for the late Commodore!
I see a robotized though-hole populating machine followed by a large assembly line probably for checking specific points or adding larger parts on the boards.
The plant seems empty of its employees, however. So these photos were probably taken off normal hours.
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Apparently the pics were taken after Commodore was pretty much finished. Pics were taken by the new tenant moving in ...
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That's sad. It explains a bunch of things, I suppose.Bobbi wrote:Apparently the pics were taken after Commodore was pretty much finished. Pics were taken by the new tenant moving in ...
If the photos were taken by people from a new business moving in then it suggests Commodore's production and testing equipment was simply abandoned there. That sucks!
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