Sad news indeed. RIP Jack Tramiel

[Tepic]

Jack was probably responsible for a lot of us being obsessed with 'puters.

A very sad day.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/04/09/computer-legend-and-gaming-pioneer-jack-tramiel-dies-at-age-83/

 

[The Halk]

Atari ST

 

[Tepic]

I stared with a Vic (still have 2) a 64 (1) and ST (4!!) So it hit me when I read it.

 

[Em3bbs]

RIP - not many people have a popular OS named after them (the unfortunately named TOS - Tramiel Operating System). I had both an ST then after an Amiga and without him I'd probably have owned neither.

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Was a Spectrum > Amiga man myself but thats sad news indeed and he's deserving of been a house hold name.

 

[shadow_boxer]

RIP - A true pioneer of the 20th Century. Never knew he was sent to Auschwitz.

 

[Skynet-T800]

I am still the proud owner of my Atari 520 ST FM and still have geoff Crammonds Formula One Grand Prix on it, love it to bits.

Mine only had 520k memory and TOS 1.4? can't remember, however I really always wanted TOS 2.06 but thinking back can't remember why now!

Anyways real shame.

 

[Mr-White]

I owned a Commodore C64, shame it's only now I find out who made it

MW

 

[djkav]

Aww thats sad.

Hard to believe that Tramiel nearly had the Amiga chipset design for the Atari ST, just after leaving CBM.

How different things would have turned out.

 

[Housey]

RIP Jack, I was there back in the day and you were one of the men back then, up there with that Apple bloke and the ginger nut, if not these days and if only for 15 minutes.

 

[King Damager]

Wow,another one gone.

The pioneers of modern day technology really are dying off...

RIP

kd

 

[Deleted member 66701]

He was a bit of a **** though.

Seems like quite a few big Comp CEO's from the 80's and 90's were like that - i.e. Steve Jobs.

 

[RomanNose]

And he should be the true role model of kids these days not that joey essex who all he does is start fights in clubs!

 

[Rameses]

...his journey from concentration camp survivor to captain of industry is the stuff of legends

Legend indeed! I still have a C64 and a case of games, was only talking to Jaymond the other day about getting it fired up once more. RIP.

 

[Tyron]

Sad indeed

 

[spudbynight]

Father of TOS

RIP

 

[BF-Bert]

RIP - not many people have a popular OS named after them (the unfortunately named TOS - Tramiel Operating System). I had both an ST then after an Amiga and without him I'd probably have owned neither.

I'm pretty sure TOS stood for The Operating System. A sad loss to a pioneer of computer gaming,

 

[spudbynight]

I'm pretty sure TOS stood for The Operating System.

It did....Tramiel Operating System is just a myth.

 

[IRLeetly]

Weird was just chatting about this guy on ts the other night. Rest in peace.

 

[Bigpops]

C=64 is legendary. It's tied with the Amiga as my all time favourite platform.

The Atari ST? I never had one, I never knew anyone that had one, so I never wanted one.