RIP: Jack Tramiel

[thewayne]

A computer pioneer of a different sort, Jack was the maker of the Commodore 64, undeniably a seminal computer in the PC revolution. He had quite a history: born in Poland, interred at Aushwitz, and started a typewriter company that became a computer company that made one of the first truly affordable computers.

Oddly, neither Wired nor Slashdot seem to have mentioned it yet.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/253473/computer_pioneer_commodore_founder_jack_tramiel_dies_at_83.html

Comments

[neefsck.livejournal.com]

:(

Damn - I still have my C64 packed away.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I never had one, always wanted one. One of these days I'll get one. I always told my parents that all I wanted for Christmas was an Apple, with an external floppy drive and a monitor. Sadly, never got it. Which might explain why I'm such a disturbed puppy these days, it's all because of my parents. :-)

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

BTW, are you going to see Wil Wheaton while he's hanging around your vague part of the hemisphere?