Re: Pet Cartridges

From: Ethan Dicks <*ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com*> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:55:02 -0400 Message-ID: <CAALmimnM+UMc9nLrTyas3Dk+wKbWgV-i=SGgSZoJSSmgXB2+3g_at_mail.gmail.com> · ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com

On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM Rhialto <rhialto_at_falu.nl> wrote:
> In the computer club at my school, we sort of had the convention that
> PET is "old ROMs" and CBM is "new ROMs". It had to do with some reason
> why Commodore could not use the word PET (any more; in Europe; I don't
> remember, and I don't remember what the reason was supposed to be).

My recollection is that Phillips had the trademark on PET for
computers in Europe.

-ethan