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EvilCensor
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Like it or not, he was an important part of our collective history, thanks for the memories.
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Thoughts are with his family.
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Predseda
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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He was a legend. As our leader and even as our foe. May you rest in peace, Jack.
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The man did way more for personal computing than Steve Jobs ever did, and yet, no way in hell will they pass a resolution recognizing him before the US House like they did with jobs. Life is so unfair at times.
Computers for the masses, not the classes.
Bye, Jack. |
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a_three_headed_monkey
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:33 am Post subject: |
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Sad news indeed. 83, not a bad age. RIP.
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DEQY
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:53 am Post subject: |
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I admit to feeling nothing when Steve Jobs died.
But this news makes me almost cry. Suddenly memories of playing "Jump man" and "Bruce Lee" on my C=64 back in the early 80's are flashing before me.
Farewell you great man. |
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lifeschool
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Sad news indeed.  |
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OLDGAMER
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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A very sad loss indeed
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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Jack's humble and difficult beginnings in WW2 Poland and later starting from scratch in USA (plus the later rise and fall of Commodore + Atari's rise/slide) would make a fine movie - life story.
Yet, the interest isn't there like it was/is for Jobs and Wozniak's humble beginnings. |
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Chuckles
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:44 pm Post subject: RIP |
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If you saw the 25th anniversary footage on Commodore,
you saw where he easily recognized what a great machine
the 64 was--to him it was a matter of being able to afford
to build a machine that most people could afford at the time.
83's a nice ripe old age--hope I can make it there.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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Yes he was the brains behind TED, C16/Plus4 series to you and me and we thank him for that too! R.I.P
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TVSportsGuitarHero
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:57 am Post subject: |
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Tramiel did have a connection to the Amiga. When he was running Atari, he was ready to purchase the Amiga when Commodore came in and snatched it from him. Atari Amiga just doesn't sound right.  |
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Biscuit
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Not to mention that just after moving to Atari, while Commodore was suing former engineers that moved with him, he/Atari served Amiga a $100 million lawsuit. hehe. Business is a funny game.
But hey, he took a risk bringing the PET to market and it was a brilliant move that he deserves more recognition for. As well as being the major player for bringing cheap computers to Europe. His successes led to a lot of great development.
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LinesMachine
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Only just found out, randomly whilst surfing tech sites.
Very sad. The Jackintosh (ST), although being the enemy of the Amiga was and admirable foe. My favourite game of all time ever, across any platform, is Dungeon Master. It was developed for the ST and was the ST's best selling game of all time. If it wasn't for the ST, maybe DM would never have existed....
Sad times. |
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