Jack Tramiel (/trəˈmɛl/ trə-MEL; born Idek Trzmiel; December 13, 1928 – April 8, 2012) was a Polish-American businessman and Holocaust survivor, best known...
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Atari Corporation (redirect from Tramiel Technology)
manufacturer of home computers and video game consoles. It was founded by Jack Tramiel on May 17, 1984, as Tramel Technology, Ltd., but then took on the Atari...
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As the Apple II gained momentum with the advent of VisiCalc in 1979, Jack Tramiel wanted a product that would compete in the same segment, to be presented...
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also released in 1984. The game was named after Commodore's founder Jack Tramiel. Each level is laid out in a rectangular grid. The levels contain the...
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MOS Technology), they proposed to Commodore CEO Jack Tramiel a low-cost sequel to the VIC-20. Tramiel dictated that the machine should have 64 KB of random-access...
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Commodore International (section Departure of Tramiel, acquisition of Amiga and competition with Atari (1984–1987))
Bahamas and its executive office in the United States founded in 1976 by Jack Tramiel and Irving Gould. Commodore International (CI), along with its subsidiary...
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initially produced mechanical typewriters and calculators. In 1965, Jack Tramiel, Commodore's founder and CEO, decided to purchase the Canadian store...
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first home computer with a cost per kilobyte of RAM under US$1/KB. After Jack Tramiel purchased the assets of the Atari, Inc. consumer division in 1984 to...
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Commodore, Peddle had long dreamed of making computers and convinced Jack Tramiel that calculators were a dead-end and that Commodore should explore the...
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July 2, 1984, Warner Communications sold Atari's Consumer Division to Jack Tramiel. All projects were halted during an initial evaluation period. GCC had...
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electronics division to former Commodore CEO Jack Tramiel in 1984; in 1986 the new Atari Corporation under Tramiel released a revised, low-cost 2600 model...
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and computer divisions of the original Atari Inc. were sold off to Jack Tramiel's Tramel Technology Ltd., which then renamed itself to Atari Corporation...
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Communications sold the home console and computer division of Atari to Jack Tramiel in July 1984, who then renamed his company Atari Corporation. Atari,...
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TI-99/4A followed Commodore's VIC-20 by several months. Commodore CEO Jack Tramiel began a price war by repeatedly lowering the price of the VIC-20 and...
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BASIC from Microsoft in 1977 on a "pay once, no royalties" basis after Jack Tramiel turned down Bill Gates' offer of a $3 per unit fee, stating, "I'm already...
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based on the Lorraine chipset which became the Amiga. Commodore founder Jack Tramiel resigned in January 1984 and in July, he purchased the Atari consumer...
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founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein Incorporated cosmetics company Jack Tramiel (1928-2012), businessman and founder of Commodore International Warner...
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"show off" the 6502 chip. At Commodore, Peddle convinced the owner, Jack Tramiel, that calculators were a dead end, and that home computers would soon...
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Citrix Systems, Inc., former executive VP of Microsoft Business Solutions Jack Tramiel (1928–2012), Polish-born founder of Commodore International and the Atari...
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closer match for the TI-99/4A than the aging VIC-20. Commodore president Jack Tramiel feared that one or more Japanese companies would introduce a consumer-oriented...
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standing for Jugi Tandon Storage. The company later reverse-merged with Jack Tramiel's Atari Corporation in 1996, sold all Atari assets to Hasbro Interactive...
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split up, with the home console and personal computer divisions sold to Jack Tramiel and renamed Atari Corporation. The arcade coin-op division was retained...
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final version of Windows was released. Before its release, in early 1984 Jack Tramiel is rumored to have tried to buy Mindset's technology. before ultimately...
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Atari Sierra (section Tramiel takeover)
these systems were still incomplete when the company was purchased by Jack Tramiel in July 1984 and the majority of the staff was laid off. Only the synthesizer...
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Mace, Scott (August 6, 1984). "A New Atari Corp.: The House That Jack Tramiel Emptied". InfoWorld. p. 52. Retrieved January 27, 2011. "Atari 7200"...
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contest period, in mid-1984, Atari was sold to Jack Tramiel, the owner of Commodore International. Tramiel, who had been more focused on the success of...
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Atari Corporation with Jack Tramiel. He was acquitted of all charges in court alongside several other engineers. When Jack Tramiel took over Atari in 1984...
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of Wrath and finished Of Mice and Men while living in Monte Sereno. Jack Tramiel, Polish American businessman and Holocaust survivor, best known for founding...
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make money. In 1984, Warner sold Atari's consumer products division to Jack Tramiel; he named this company Atari Corporation. Warner retained the coin-op...
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on the 8-bit computers but is incompatible with their software. After Jack Tramiel purchased the company, Atari Corporation re-released two game consoles...
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