# Jack Tramiel

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The History of Commodore Pt 2

TCW Podcast Episode 245 - The History of Commodore Pt 2   Commodore’s shift from calculators to computers began with the PET, which found success in Europe as a business machine. After seeing the ZX80 in Britain, Jack Tramiel pushed for an affordable home computer, leading to the VIC-20. Guided ‮…

505: “I Presented the Amiga Chipset to Atari… and Everyone Freaked Out!” - Atari's Matt Householder - The Retro Hour Podcast EP505

From hating Pong to working for Atari, this week we chat with Matt Householder.  From his early days at Gaming Devices Inc. and designing the arcade classic Krull, through to joining Atari right after the video game crash and witnessing the dramatic Amiga chipset saga from the inside. Matt reveals‮…

The History of Commodore Pt 3

TCW Podcast Episode 246 - The History of Commodore Pt 3 After Jack Tramiel left Commodore and founded Tramel Technology, the company pressed on with mixed results. Systems like the SX 64, the C900, the Plus/4, the C16, and the C116 failed to gain traction, which led to the development of the C128‮…

#151: Atari ST SHOW #1: Did Atari Knowingly Give Away Pirate Software? + ST News

In 1989 Atari Distributed a 4 disc game collection with new STs called “2- Great PD Games” that notoriously include some non-pd content. The Atari ST Show #1 we deep dive into the contents of these 4 disks and answer the question “Did Atari Knowingly do this?” We also look at the games and authors‮…

31. Epic fail

So, it was not meant to be… Most that compete, fail. That's the rule of most games. Jack Tramiel named his company “Commodore” (a navy rank) as he throught the computer business was a war. Today we commemorate the failures, because they weren't often not bad, just unsuccessful. From the ilfated Am‮…

Jack Tramiel.Draft

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I Owe My Life to the Commodore 64

The full text of this article appears in: My origin story! Seriously. This 8-bit computer shaped so much of my life. Jack Tramiel was the man who brought the Commodore 64 to the masses, and his story is phenomenal. An excellent piece on him can be found on Every. This is a public episode. If you‮…

The radical history of personal computing—looms, coding, beige boxes and AI

Mel Huang Buntine on how computers started entering our homes, and the beige box of a machine that changed her own life. Personal computers are so ubiquitous now, it's hard to imagine a time when computers were inaccessible to everyday people. For decades, computers were the size of rooms, and the‮…

JACK ATTACK! It's the Jack Tramiel Atari era this week on Atari Unlimited!

This week on Atari Unlimited - Jack Attack! It's Jack Tramiel at Atari! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we consider the the controversial last KING of Atari, Jack Tramiel! Plus we take an in-depth look at the game his RAGE was named after, Jack Attack for the Commodore 64! If you enjoy Atari Un‮…

JACK ATTACK! It's the Jack Tramiel Atari era this week on Atari Unlimited!

This week on Atari Unlimited Jack Attack! How Jack Tramiel changed Atari! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we consider the LAST KING of Atari, Jack Tramiel, and we'll take a look at the game named after his RAGE, Jack Attack on the Commodore 64! If you enjoy Atari Unlimited content, make sure to‮…