The POKEs to black - what a great tribute to the founder of Commodore.
Didn't he move to Toronto, Canada and start his typewriter company (Commodore) there. The article (incorrectly?) states:
"Tramiel was rescued in April 1945 and emigrated to the United States in 1947. In America, Tramiel started a typewriter repair business."
[edit] ... just checked Wikipedia...
"In 1953, while working as a taxi driver, he bought a shop in the Bronx to repair office machinery,[4] and named it Commodore Portable Typewriter. Tramiel secured a $25,000 loan for the business from a U.S. Army entitlement.[5] In 1955, Tramiel signed a deal with a Czechoslovak company to assemble and sell their typewriters in North America. However, as Czechoslovakia was part of the Warsaw Pact, they could not be imported directly into the U.S., so Tramiel set up Commodore Business Machines in Toronto.[4] Tramiel wanted a military-style name for his company, but names like Admiral and General were already taken, so he settled on the Commodore name.[6]"
So I guess he was American and started a company called Commodore there to repair typewriters, but later founded the company called Commodore Business Machines in Toronto that grew into the international computer company we knew and loved.
