Re: 1571/1581 Sources: Macro WDTEST inserting NOP before reading WD177x status register / writing command register

On 18/03/2022 17:42, Rainer Buchty wrote:
> $10 Million would've been pocket money for Commodore (or less than 3
> years of annual payments to Mehdi Ali's and Irving Gould -- not
> counting in incentives/benefits) based on the previous years profit.
>
It would have been less than $10 million if they had paid it & in 1990
when they were first contacted they could have easily paid it.


> See e.g.
> https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/01/a-history-of-the-amiga-part-10-the-downfall-of-commodore/
>
>
> 10M patent costs would've added pretty much nothing compared to a net
> loss of almist 400M in 1993 ...
>
Do you mean the bit in that article where it says


    Death by XOR