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142:Schmitt Computer Systems
99:Manfred Schmitt, Founder
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325:The Silicon Underground
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197:Commodore International
162:Commodore International
122:Commodore International
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371:Gareth Knight (2006).
321:"Who bought Commodore"
296:"Who bought Commodore"
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626:MAX Machine
506:Dave Needle
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223:German Mark
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883:Amiga Unix
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305:2020-04-10
280:2020-04-10
257:References
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95:Key people
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1118:MetaComCo
1042:companies
501:Jay Miner
484:Engineers
193:Thorn EMI
189:Rumbelows
169:Darmstadt
108:Computers
51:Computers
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