[game_preservation] Computer Legend and Gaming Pioneer Jack Tramiel Dies at Age 83

[Devin Monnens]

No, why don't you do this one, Andrew. I honestly don't know enough on him
to write something decent, and I am afraid my views of him are too colored
by what I've read in the history books. If somebody can give a balanced
memorial, that's what's needed.

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:


> An interesting company, one I need to read more up on. Very significant in

> the USA, and reasonably significant over here (although we have several

> PET's we have no working ones annoyingly!), so I don't know the whole story.

>

> I will sort out an obituary page next week, unless Devin beats me to it or

> anyone else wants to write something up :)

>

> Andrew

>

>

> On 09/04/2012 20:53, Jim Leonard wrote:

>

>> On 4/9/2012 2:41 PM, Martin Goldberg wrote:

>>

>>> I'm sorry we lost that chance, but more importantly I'm sorry for the

>>> loss of an industry icon, holocaust survivor, father, and grandfather.

>>>

>>

>> This is a great loss.  While his business practices were not universally

>> appreciated, his products were loved by tens if not hundreds of millions of

>> people, and were significant contributions to our related fields.

>>

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