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

[Billy Cain]

That is some awesome legendary stuff. I am SO glad you shared that!

Billy Cain
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On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Martin Goldberg <wgungfu at gmail.com> wrote:


> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com>

> wrote:

> > Glad to hear your experiences, Martin! I second that hope that you

> brought a

> > voice or video recorder along :) There's no excuse not to have one since

> > everyone now has their smartypants phones ;-)

> >

>

> Yes, I had my recorder going the entire time and was taking pictures

> with my current gen iPad.

>

> If anyone is using an android phone (mine's the Motorola Electrify) I

> really have to give strong recommendations for the app PCM Recorder.

> Records uncompressed 48,000 hz PCM audio, and combined with the

> natural noise reduction technology in the phone it worked like a

> dream. Especially in some of the noisy locations we were in. Crystal

> clear voices. Used Dropbox to back up each day's files.

>

> > Howard Scott Warshaw is a legend, and he's got a wonderful personality

> from

> > the videos I've seen. He was the only guy with the balls - and skills -

> to

> > say he could do ET.

>

> Well, he was asked to do ET specifically by Spielberg because he had

> previously done Raiders. Funny story one of the guys recounted was

> that on the day he interviewed at the location, Howard was coming

> around the corner of some cubiles in a Fedora and cracking a bullwhip.

> The interviewee was like "What kind of a place is this?" Howard had

> been getting in character to code Raiders. Even more hilarious? Howard

> mentioned he was almost not hired at Atari because he was considered

> too straight laced.

>

> > In an interview, he said if the pile of ET cartridges

> > buried in the desert was real, he would have known about it and had his

> > photograph taken standing on the pile before they bulldozed it under!

>

> The burial in Alamogordo, NM is actualy a fact. What's not a fact is

> that it was a pile of E.T. cartridges. Really, it was one of several

> dumps in different time periods across the US. Atari even used to take

> overstock of products such as ICs and steamroll them to poor concrete

> over for the foundation of several warehouses. Alamogordo was the

> result of the shutting down of Atari's Texas manufacturing plant, and

> consisted of computer and console hardware, and games (many different

> titles). Occuring over several days (yes, it was covered daily in the

> local newspaper) and from a good number of semis full of product, when

> kids started scavenging working game cartridges they decided to

> steamroll the landfill, dump concrete over it, and then refill it.

>

> --

> Marty

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