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

[Alex Handy]

I wrote this piece for GameTap years ago at the 25th anniversary party
for the C64 in 2007. Lots of good info straight from Jack's mouth:

http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2012/04/09/Jack-Tramiel-Commodore-founder-passes-at-83.aspx

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Martin Goldberg <wgungfu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Andrew and Devin, I'd be happy to help out if you want. I helped with

> the Forbes piece, am the one who broke the story to the media for the

> family in the first place (who I've also been in contact with), and am

> helping several other news outlets with their coverage (including the

> Daily Telegraph from your next of the woods). Also working on a

> followup "Legacy of Jack Tramiel" piece for Forbes with Brian Bagnall

> (author of the Commodore: On the Edge book).

>

> As I mentioned previously, we were set to interview Jack directly for

> the book (I've been "online" friends with his son Leonard for 11 years

> now) next week when this suddenly happened this past weekend.

> Tremendous loss, but at least he was surrounded by the family when it

> happened.

>

>

> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org> wrote:

>> I wasn't going to write a full obituary (I don't know enough about the man

>> myself, I seem to have more UK knowledge now :) ), probably find one someone

>> else has written and ask to borrow it or just link to it. I don't know

>> anyone myself who'd be able to write one up.

>>

>> Andrew

>>

>>

>> On 10/04/2012 14:22, Devin Monnens wrote:

>>

>> 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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>>

>>

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>>

>> The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

>>

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