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.]

[skurk]

Cool!  Also check out this lecture at Stanford University where she tells you about herself, her story and a little bit about the C64 DTV.

[A6000]

Interesting, considering the cynicism in our community, would anyone buy new amiga compatible hardware off QVC shopping channel? Does anybody watch QVC?

[alexh]

Anyone ever seen her girlfriend?

[A1260]

from December 21st, 2004  :-o

[redrumloa]

alexh wrote:
Anyone ever seen her girlfriend?

I don't know if it would be appropriate to discuss personal matters.. :smack:

[bloodline]

redrumloa wrote:

alexh wrote:
Anyone ever seen her girlfriend?

I don't know if it would be appropriate to discuss personal matters.. :smack:

I don't care, as long as I can watch... anyway, don't ruin it for me Alex :-)

[adolescent]

@A6000

You didn't have to watch, you could order online. :-D

[alexh]

I notice a complete lack of absence of credits to those who worked with her.

She didnt do it by herself and yet in all interviews she's making out like she was a one woman team.

No mention of Jens Schoenfeld who co designed C-One FPGA  platform she would initially work on.

No mention of the ASIC engineers which converted the HDL into a real physical chip.

[Firedawg]

@alexh

From the short video clip they did not have the time for a full indepth look at the C-One and all of the contributors.  It mainly focused on Jeri.  I'm sure they/Jeri did not intentionally withhold kudos to the others.

@jeri ellsworth - I share your passion for the old days of computing.  The late 70's and earlier 80's were magical times of exploration and discoveries.  They did not end there, but those days were the greatest. :-D  

[alexh]

She used the phrase "This is the chip I designed" instead of "we designed". Could have been a slip of the tongue. Difficult when you're under the spotlight.

[bloodline]

alexh wrote:
She used the phrase "This is the chip I designed" instead of "we designed". Could have been a slip of the tongue but I doubt it.

Yes, I noticed this too... what is clear is that she's a salesman/entrepreneur first, electronic engineer second.

The C64 recreation is far more interesting to the geek fraternity when it's promoted by a single pretty woman... Than the technically more challenging Minimig, which was built by a single bloke...

It's all about Marketing, if you listen carefully and cross reference all interviews, she does lapse into "Our chip"... Call me cynical, but I think that's just her slipping off the official line ;-)

[Krusher]

I liked the Stanford lecture, but boy she had some tough times  :-o Glad it worked out for her. She reminds me of myself when I was younger, also ripped things apart (still do  :-D ) and got picked on @ highschool, didn't use a book though to earn respect but a fist  :madashell:
Anywho, she needs to eat better, she looked soo skinny  :-(

ow and my bed is your bed Jeri

um

did I say that aloud??  :lol:  :-D

[freqmax]

Jerry the ultimate commodore fan dream. :crazy:  :crazy:

[hardlink]

bloodline wrote:

Yes, I noticed this too... what is clear is that she's a salesman/entrepreneur first, electronic engineer second.

Yes, she does indeed have good business sense, which seems to be lacking in this community. I for one would like companies to survive so that I could, say, actually call them up rather than searching the net for old drivers, docs, etc.

Jeri is courteous, honest, and sincere, which is more than I can say for a lot of other people. And her personal life, like mine, is none of your business.