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 [[File:CommodoreRetail1962-4.png|right|thumb|150px|Leased Commodore retail location]]
-Commodore expanded into the field of copying machines by creating two new subsidiaries: Commodore Drycopy, Inc. (New York) and Commodore Drycopy, Ltd. (Toronto).  Commodore studied the three major copying technologies of the day: diffusion transfer, electrostatic and thermographic, and decided to enter the thermographic market.  There were already over 100 different manufacturers of diffusion transfer copying machines so competition would be harsh in that market and the electrostatic method was considered to be too expensive for the small to medium sized business customers.  Further, the thermographic machines required special thermal-sensitive paper which Commodore saw as a recurring revenue source well beyond the initial sale of the copying machine.
+Commodore expanded into the field of copying machines by creating two new subsidiaries: Commodore Drycopy, Inc. (New York) and Commodore Drycopy, Ltd. (Toronto).  Commodore studied the three major copying technologies of the day: diffusion transfer, electrostatic and thermographic, and decided to enter the thermographic market.  There were already over 100 different manufacturers of diffusion transfer copying machines so competition would be harsh in that market and the electrostatic method was considered to be too expensive for the small to medium sized business customers.  Further, the thermographic machines required special thermal-sensitive transfer sheets which Commodore saw as a recurring revenue source well beyond the initial sale of the copying machine.
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 * Commodore Portable Typewriter Company, Ltd was [[Media:Commodore_portable_typewriter_renamed.pdf|renamed]] to Commodore Business Machines (Canada), Ltd and converted to a publicly traded company by Supplementary Letters Patent on February 7, 1962.
-* The first public offering of the company's shares was made in June, 1962 and consisted of 300,000 common shares offered at $2.50 each, listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange of Montreal.<ref>Report of The Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Failure of Atlantic Acceptance Corporation Limited</ref>
+* The first public offering of the company's shares was made on June 29, 1962 and consisted of 300,000 common shares offered at $2.50 each, listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange of Montreal.  This offering was underwritten by the Toronto brokerage firm Barrett, Goodfellow & Company.<ref>Report of The Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Failure of Atlantic Acceptance Corporation Limited, p.323</ref>
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 == General information ==
 [[File:CommodoreLogo1962.png|right|thumb|220px|Commodore logo as of 1962: cursive company name]]
-Commodore was operating as a supplier of office machines for small and medium sized businesses.  Commodore's main product lines in 1962 were portable typewriters and adding machines being sold in Canadian department stores such as Robert Simpson, Simpson-Sears, Eaton, Hudson Bay and many others.  In the United States, Commodore was leasing space in top department store chains such as Macy's and Bamberger's, Gilcrist and Litt Brothers.  These departments were staffed by Commodore's own personnel.
+Commodore was operating as a supplier of office machines for small and medium sized businesses.  Commodore's main product lines in 1962 were portable typewriters and adding machines being sold in Canadian department stores such as Robert Simpson, Simpson-Sears, Eaton, Hudson Bay and many others.  In the United States, Commodore Business Machines, Inc was leasing space in top department store chains such as Macy's and Bamberger's, Gilcrist and Litt Brothers.  These departments were staffed by Commodore's own personnel.
 [[File:CommodoreRetail1962-1.png|left|thumb|150px|Leased Commodore retail location]]
 [[File:CommodoreRetail1962-2.png|right|thumb|150px|Leased Commodore retail location]]

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 == Products ==
-[[File:CommodoreProducts_1962.png|left|thumb|220px|Commodore products in 1962]]
+[[File:CommodoreProducts_1962.png|center|thumb|220px|Commodore products in 1962]]
 A full list of all products is not available, but the Commodore Drycopy, "Quick" electric adding machine, a mechanical adding machine and the newest designed portable typewriter were highlighted in the 1962 annual report and are shown in this picture.

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 == Products ==
-[[File:CommodoreProducts_1962.png|right|thumb|220px|Commodore products in 1962]]
+[[File:CommodoreProducts_1962.png|left|thumb|220px|Commodore products in 1962]]
 A full list of all products is not available, but the Commodore Drycopy, "Quick" electric adding machine, a mechanical adding machine and the newest designed portable typewriter were highlighted in the 1962 annual report and are shown in this picture.

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 [[File:CommodoreLogo1962.png|right|thumb|220px|Commodore logo as of 1962: cursive company name]]
 Commodore was operating as a supplier of office machines for small and medium sized businesses.  Commodore's main product lines in 1962 were portable typewriters and adding machines being sold in leased department store locations in Canada and the United States.
-[[File:CommodoreRetail1962-1.png|thumb|220px]]
+[[File:CommodoreRetail1962-1.png|left|thumb|220px|Leased Commodore retail location]]
-[[File:CommodoreRetail1962-2.png|thumb|220px]]
+[[File:CommodoreRetail1962-2.png|right|thumb|220px|Leased Commodore retail location]]
-[[File:CommodoreRetail1962-3.png|thumb|220px]]
+[[File:CommodoreRetail1962-3.png|left|thumb|220px|Leased Commodore retail location]]
-[[File:CommodoreRetail1962-4.png|thumb|220px]]
+[[File:CommodoreRetail1962-4.png|right|thumb|220px|Leased Commodore retail location]]
 Commodore expanded into the field of copying machines by creating two new subsidiaries: Commodore Drycopy, Inc. (New York) and Commodore Drycopy, Ltd. (Toronto).  Commodore studied the three major copying technologies of the day: diffusion transfer, electrostatic and thermographic, and decided to enter the thermographic market.  There were already over 100 different manufacturers of diffusion transfer copying machines so competition would be harsh in that market and the electrostatic method was considered to be too expensive for the small to medium sized business customers.  Further, the thermographic machines required special thermal-sensitive paper which Commodore saw as a recurring revenue source well beyond the initial sale of the copying machine.

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