Pioneer of Home Computer Jack Tramiel Passed Away at Age of

[Saifullah Sani]

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JACK TRAMIEL, the founder of Commodore, died in the US on 8 April at the age of 83.
As the founder of Commodore Business Machines and afterward owner of the Atari brand name, Tramiel oversaw the introduction of some of the most famous machines from the begining of the personal computer, including the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64 and the Atari ST.
similar to many personal computer pioneers, Tramiel seems to have got into the business more or less by accident.
A Polish settler to the US, he founded Commodore as a typewriter company, then got into selling calculators before purchasing chip firm MOS Technology and meeting its legendary designer, Chuck Peddle, who influenced him that computers were the future.
The result was the Commodore PET, which launched in 1977, the same year as the Apple II, and was an instant hit.


Breaking News – Pioneer of Home Computer Jack Tramiel Passed Away at Age of 83

[joekrish]

RIP...........grew up playing their video games.

[persona_non_grata]

RIP

Created this thread few years back to cherish those long lost days of the Commodore 64

[darkinsky]

RIP

Created this thread few years back to cherish those long lost days of the Commodore 64

are you this old????

when i arrived in the world i saw, 486, 586 and then pantium 1 etc

[persona_non_grata]

Is being old a crime ?

[darkinsky]

Is being old a crime ?

dude when did i say that

[persona_non_grata]

Ahhh...........

[darkinsky]

i remember the game, but i dont remember the name, i guess, what was it called, damn...... it was a very very basic 2d game, the first of the computer games


it was like C<

[persona_non_grata]

Ready ...
Run

Press Play on Tape

Loading Fire Ant .....






Forget floppy discs software came on cassettes

[persona_non_grata]

it was like C<

Pacman ?

Google has it built in here

[darkinsky]

Pacman ?

Google has it built in here

yes ,you are genius

[joekrish]

Good times used to take me 1/2 hour to setup the dam thing.

[persona_non_grata]

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Good times used to take me 1/2 hour to setup the dam thing.

But when you pressed the on switch it was on in a jiffy. No lengthy boot times

Only lengthy loading times for games/software