Monte Sereno, California
Age 84
In the death of Jack Tramiel, the man behind the Commodore 64 computer, it's not that hard to see the life of Silicon Valley.This is a place where companies come out of nowhere, rock the world, and then disappear again. Same with people. Tramiel, who died at 84 at Stanford Hospital on Sunday, was...
Read MoreRest in peace, Jack. It was exciting to do business with you and Sam, when you ran CBM. You were a man of your word!
Condolences to all.
God Bless
Pete Feliciano
April 16, 2012 | Paradise, CA
The Commodore 64 was my first personal computer. I ran a terminal program, which allowed me to connect via modem to a mainframe at school so I could do programming assignments. It was truly a liberating device for me. In fact, I bought a second one when my first one broke. Thanks Jack!
Mike Reese
April 16, 2012 | Savannah, GA
I will always remember the good times at Atari.
Emilie Reed
April 15, 2012 | Hoschton, GA
Rest in peace Jack. It was always interesting and a pleasure working for you and Sam.
Liz Muzio
April 11, 2012
An Atari 800XL owner here, Part of the line the best selling 8-bit computer ever, was thankful he brought out the Atari XE Game System, the 7800, the Lynx, the Atari ST/TT and Falcon030 computers, and ultimately the Jaguar which could have been a big seller had it been advertised and the hardware pushed to its limits. I bought a Vic20 only because it has the best version of Omega Race for any computer. I wonder what will happen to the SwordQuest sword he had above his fireplace...
A Non
April 11, 2012 | Minerva, OH
They don't make them like you anymore Mr. Tramiel. I think of you fondly. Thanks for the memories! Condolences to all.
Paul Nam
April 10, 2012 | Cupertino, CA, CA
Wow this great man will be missed... I had the pleasure/torture when I was a kid of being jealous of my friend who had a C64, and me with my apple ][+ tried to convince myself it was better... but I knew in my heart it wasn't... now I have three in my collection and love them :)
Walter Miraglia
April 10, 2012 | Toronto, ON
I was the PR consultant promoting Commodore in the UK and Europe with his UK and European team. Jack had enormous energy, a great sense of humour and was a larger than life character! My condolences go to his family.
Ilona Soane-Sands (née Uhl)
April 10, 2012 | Alderney, Channel Islands (G
My teens, and my future career in technology, would not have been the same without my Commodore Amiga 500. I know that by the time Commodore commercialized the Amiga, Jack Tramiel was at Atari; nonetheless, the Amiga was true to the vision laid out by Jack Tramiel: give the masses the most powerful machine little money can buy, even at the expense of the company's profits. Thank Jack, for your contributions. God bless you!
Fernando Gomez
April 10, 2012 | Palo Alto, CA
