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Offline mechyTopic starter

Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« on: April 09, 2012, 07:24:57 PM »
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2012, 07:37:40 PM »
Jack Tramiel was my hero.  He saved my life.

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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2012, 07:45:22 PM »
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Jack Tramiel was my hero.  He saved my life.

C64 4ever!

The guy that developed the Atari ST saved your life?
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2012, 07:49:39 PM »
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Jack Tramiel was my hero.  He saved my life.

C64 4ever!

+ 1

:)

One must have lived it to understand it..... C64 forever ! :D

Rest in peace, Jack.
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2012, 07:49:48 PM »
R.i.p :-(
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2012, 07:54:11 PM »
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The guy that developed the Atari ST saved your life?

The father of the C64 saved my life and then had his company stolen from him by the Islamic Crime Syndicate in cahoots with other criminals who then intentionally destroyed the company.  A classic case of Corporate Assassination (corporacide).

This made him so insanely angry that he made that stupid Atari ST.
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2012, 07:57:27 PM »
If not for Jack Tramiel's "computing for the masses, not the classes" pricing philosophy, I wouldn't have been able to afford a computer in 1983. By all accounts, he was a nightmare to work with, but I was personally enriched by his contribution to the world of consumer electronics.
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2012, 08:08:41 PM »
One of those persons that you don't even know personally but that have a huge impact in your life. Somehow, he changed my life in 1986 and I didn't notice at the time.

Rest in Peace Jack Tramiel!
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2012, 08:11:07 PM »
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sad news but it looks like jack has expired.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/04/09/computer-legend-and-gaming-pioneer-jack-tramiel-dies-at-age-83/


Respect the inventors, engineering and other early IT home computing heroes!
Sad to see them gone!
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2012, 08:26:19 PM »
RIP :(
My first computer was C64c.
Here is a nice interview with Jack and others during C64 25th Anniversary Celebration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBvbsPNBIyk
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2012, 08:30:55 PM »
Aw damn. That's sad news indeed. Commodore and its affordable computers have brought me a lot of joy growing up. I like to believe I owe a lot to this early exposure to home computing.

Thank you Jack for your "computers for the masses" and may you rest in peace.
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2012, 08:47:30 PM »
Sad to hear it.I just checked 2 weeks ago on the net about jack tramiel cos i thought he was dead.But he was still alive and kicking in his eighties.reading commodore a company on the edge it paints him as a ruthless but intelligent business man.His mantra of computers for the masses not for the classes was an excellent strategy.Man i love amigas.Rest in peace jacky boy.
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2012, 08:48:09 PM »
Tramiel is hardly the 'father' of the C64 or ST - that's more like Shiraz Shivji (well, one of the 64's fathers at least).
Sad to see him go though. :( R. I. P. Jack
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2012, 09:31:13 PM »
Respect!
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Re: Jack Tramiel dies at age 83
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2012, 10:25:11 PM »
RIP Jack!
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