Didn't read the story though, you'd think a website that posts a story of some importance like this would have the decency to maybe not spam you with ads.
On 13 January 1984, Tramiel resigned from Commodore. After a short break from the computer industry, he formed a new company named Tramel Technology, Ltd., in order to design and sell a next-generation home computer.[9] The company was named "Tramel" to help ensure that it would be pronounced correctly (i.e., "tra - mel" instead of "tra - meal").[10]
On 3 July 1984, Tramel Technology bought the Consumer Division of Atari Inc. from Warner Communications,[9] which had fallen on hard times, due to the video game crash of 1983. TTL was then renamed Atari Corporation
It's a shame that the media has been so low key on this but bigged up how important (in their minds) a certain Mr Jobs was :evil:
Apple only ever pioneered the high price point :-( People forget that the winners write history, not historians. Commodore went bankrupt in 1994, Sinclair was sold to Amstrad in 1985, so both 'lost' - but at least some people realise and remember how important some of the 'losers' are. The Commodore VIC-20 was partly the fault of Sinclair's ZX80, as Tramiel wanted to make a computer that people could afford, rather than one that Computer Scientists approved of. Plus, launching it in Japan first was a master stroke. The casing was recycled for the Commodore 64 too, and people often forget this, as the C64 was a bigger 'winner' than the VIC (even though the VIC sold somewhere in the region of 5m units world wide...!).
Apple only ever pioneered the high price point :-( People forget that the winners write history, not historians. Commodore went bankrupt in 1994, Sinclair was sold to Amstrad in 1985, so both 'lost' - but at least some people realise and remember how important some of the 'losers' are. The Commodore VIC-20 was partly the fault of Sinclair's ZX80, as Tramiel wanted to make a computer that people could afford, rather than one that Computer Scientists approved of. Plus, launching it in Japan first was a master stroke. The casing was recycled for the Commodore 64 too, and people often forget this, as the C64 was a bigger 'winner' than the VIC (even though the VIC sold somewhere in the region of 5m units world wide...!).
Regards,
Shaun.
Agree with this 100%. Remember a few people in the 80s moaning that the speccy and c64 were just games machines with a keyboard, completely oblivious to the fact disk drives and printers were often 2,3, or 4 times the cost of the computer itself; a significant outlay of cash for most people.
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RIP Mr. Tramiel.
Didn't read the story though, you'd think a website that posts a story of some importance like this would have the decency to maybe not spam you with ads.
f**k em' I'll read about it somewhere else.
Really tough early life and fantastic achievements. A real inspiration. Thanks for the Amiga!
Was he forced to leave before that got underway?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tramiel
Egghead Website
Arcade Game Designer
My itch.io page
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/09/jack_tramiel_commodore_dies/
His death came very silent in the media. I learn it from here. No big news in big portals, unlike Jobs. A true shame.
But still worth remembering, and it's strange that he won't be remembered much by normal media.
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It's a shame that the media has been so low key on this but bigged up how important (in their minds) a certain Mr Jobs was :evil:
Regards,
Shaun.
Agree with this 100%. Remember a few people in the 80s moaning that the speccy and c64 were just games machines with a keyboard, completely oblivious to the fact disk drives and printers were often 2,3, or 4 times the cost of the computer itself; a significant outlay of cash for most people.
R.I.P Jack.