Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83 • Hacker News Board

I learned BASIC in the early 80's on a VIC 20. Luckily we had the tape drive so I could save my 'work'. We also had the extra RAM cartridge that was needed for some of the larger games.

I really wanted an Apple II though. That's what the rich kids had.

Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83

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Post by tremendo » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 8:10 PM UTC

bitwize wrote: post #13

hub_ wrote: post #8

TOS stood for Tramiel Operating System. Yes, he is the one who brought in the Atari ST.

A.k.a. the "Jackintosh". :)

Which came about also after Jay Miner took the Amiga away. I believe Tramiel acquired Atari hoping to get the Amiga chipset, which Miner then took to Commodore.

Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83

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Post by remixhacker » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 8:22 PM UTC

R.I.P. Jack thanks for everything! You democratized computers back In the day.

Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83

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Post by lanstein » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 8:24 PM UTC

fourmii wrote: post #7

selectnull wrote: post #4

Because of Commodore 64, I got into programming. RIP Mr Tramiel and thank you. POKE 53280, 0

POKE brings back so many memories!!

I have a disk at my office that my five-year-old brother labeled:

"poke, peak"

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Post by rbanffy » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 8:25 PM UTC

A minute without the computer.

RIP, Jack. You'll be missed.

Re: Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83

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Post by waterlesscloud » Mon, Apr 09, 2012, 8:27 PM UTC

hub_ wrote: post #8

TOS stood for Tramiel Operating System. Yes, he is the one who brought in the Atari ST.

Ah, the ST. My first major purchase with my own money, made from working a billion godawful hours of overtime at my summer construction work job in college. And worth every damn penny of it.