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Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83
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Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83
#12My first job was to demo Vic-20s in department stores around the SF Bay Area at age 13. Funny that just yesterday I was at my Mom's looking for my "I'm a Commodore Kid - Ask me!" polo shirt.
RIP Jack!
Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83
#13TOS stood for Tramiel Operating System. Yes, he is the one who brought in the Atari ST.
A.k.a. the "Jackintosh". :)
Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83
#14Jack did some amazing things while owner of Atari Corporation too (his son, Sam, was CEO). They helped bring the Lynx to market, developed by Epyx, which was "miles" ahead of other consoles at the time. It had amazing sound, color graphics, and 3D graphics, on a portable in 1989!
Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83
#15My first program was on the C64 when I was very young. Had it not been available to my parents and me at that time, I'm not sure I would have the same passion for technology and programming I have today. Thanks Jack, for helping bring it to the masses.
Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83
#16Thanks for my Atari 520 STF Mr. Tramiel. RIP
Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83
#17"Computers for the masses, not the classes."
A cutthroat businessman, but a brilliant mind nevertheless.
It was only because of Jack Tramiel, and geniuses like Chuck Peddle and Bob Russel, that easy to use computers were cheap enough to be affordable by almost everyone. At least for me, his influence on modern home computing was greater than Steve Jobs and Bill Gates combined.
Now, I hope he did tell somebody where the Magic Sword and the Philosopher's Stone are...
Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83
#18"We need to build computers for the masses, not the classes." Thanks for that, as one of the masses, my VIC-20 was crucial to developing my early passion for computers.
Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83
#19Because of Commodore 64, I got into programming. RIP Mr Tramiel and thank you. POKE 53280, 0
I feel I must add:
POKE 53281, 0
So the whole screen is black.
Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83
#20My very first computer was a Commodore 64. My grandfather, the day before he died, said to me that I needed to get into computers as they are the future. He gave me some money that day and that evening he passed away peacefully in his sleep. I bought a C64 with this money and I still have it now.