Barry Altman

Barry S. Altman
Born1948 or 1949[1]
USA
Died (aged 63)[2]
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, CEO
Known forFounded Commodore USA in 2010 and announced the Commodore 64x in partnership with Disney.[3][4][5][6]

Barry S. Altman was the founder and CEO of Commodore USA from 2010 until his death in late 2012. Prior to founding Commodore USA, Barry worked for over 20 years in the satellite and communications industry.[7][8] During his time at Commodore USA, the Commodore 64x was announced and put up for pre-sales.[9][10][11] On December 8, 2012, Barry died from a prolonged battle with cancer.[1]

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  2. ^ "Memorial event - Barry Altman". www.legacy.com. 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  3. ^ Sauer, Abe (2011-04-07). "Disney Helps Reboot Commodore and Amiga Brands". Brandchannel.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  4. ^ "Disney Marketing Tie-In Brings Commodore 64 Out Of Retirement". PSFK. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  5. ^ "Commodore USA - Commodore USA is proud to announce their..." Facebook. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  6. ^ "Commodore USA's all new C64 finds a friend in Tron on the road to availability". Engadget.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  7. ^ "Commodore USA". 2012-09-19. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  8. ^ Perlow, Jason (2012-08-25). "The rebirth of Commodore USA (Podcast)". ZDNet. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  9. ^ The New Commodore 64, Updated With Its Old Exterior By Nick BILTON - The New York Times 2011-04-06 archive from bits.blogs.nytimes.com
  10. ^ "Commodore USA puts the new C64 up for pre-sales, unveils far-less-retrotastic VIC-Slim". Engadget.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  11. ^ "Commodore USA goes Extreme, stuffs a 2.2GHz quad-core i7 into its C64x". Engadget.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.