cool jeri ellsworth interview / dtv game (fwd)

[RobertB]

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From: SDF Poster
Date: Mar 17, 11:30 am

Hey, here is a cool video of jeri ellsworth on
a local news report:

http://blip.tv/file/749800/

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 [To be exact, the report is from KGW-TV in Portland, OR, and Jeri speaks
a bit about her history and the creation of the C64 DTV 30-games-in-one joystick.]

[RobertB]

alexh  wrote:

> Based on what she claimed she earned from the C64 DTV deal I would say
> not. I am sure she wouldn't do it that way again had she known how
> successful it was going to be

Explain with specifics.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[RobertB]

alexh wrote:

> She took a salaried job with Mammoth Toys, probably around the
> $75k/year (average for an ASIC engineer).

Ah, I see that you are guessing.

> Had she tried to do it on her own, find funding, use a Chinese/Indian chip
> design company and then taken a percentage of the sales she could have
> made potentially millions.

Uh, Mammoth Toys came to her, not the other way around.

> But everything is clear with hindsight. I am sure she was just really happy
> to be getting paid for what she loved to do. Probably had no idea how
> well it would go on to sell.

Again more guessing.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[RobertB]

alexh wrote:

> Jeri worked alongside some of the greatest minds in homebrew and classic
> hardware, to get going with the FPGA and then work with specialised VLSI
> engineers to make the chips.

Name them.

> I dont claim to know exactly what went on, I wasnt there, wasnt involved at
> all. Everything I know is all hearsay...

Agreed.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[RobertB]

alexh wrote:

> I am not guessing that she took a salaried job. When asked (in some
> interview)...

Where exactly?

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/