Low End Computers (1985)
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The Computer Chronicles 4/12/1985, Redwood City, CA “Low End Computers” A great episode for some insight into the management of Commodore and Atari at this time. Guests: Jack Tramiel, Atari; Leonard Tramiel, Atari; Frank Leonardi, Commodore Whatever Happened to the Tramiels? alive.atari.org
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24 Comments for Low End Computers (1985)
1. 1990chrism | April 16th, 2010 at 9:31 am
what about Sinclair computers? they’re the ones who brought the cheap computer to the home. Typical Americans ignoring any innovation outside of their own country.
2. roberthurstrius | April 17th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
For those of us that were adults in 1985, this was a good informational program, for less than 10-minutes, that probably got inserted in-between other Sunday PBS programs. It was an uncertain time for the ‘home computer’ as it became the ‘personal computer’ market. Video games had run their course, and the ‘masses’ (the other 85%) were looking to do something more with a computer. It was cool to hear ‘multimedia’ and ‘online banking’ mentioned as “what;s coming next”, and of course, it had.
3. harriisnotinabox | April 19th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
8:37 – 8:39, we think we own, lol
4. rovercrew | April 19th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
yeah its so obvious isn’t it? you know, how you can remember so many points from a mag published last decade, that you don’t even own, and you can’t even remember the name of it. Yet lo and behold, this wikipedia article sums up all the points you mentioned on the same two lines. What other people care about is of no concern to me as I’m picking up on your stupidity alone, and you obviously care enough to be able to reply to every single post I make on here.
5. dreaddog | April 21st, 2010 at 2:24 pm
if i simply copied it, it would of been exactly the same… whoever wrote the wiki article obviously had reverence from somewhere else, and the fact that you jumped on the band wagon of some comments that where over months ago and that i’d apologised for my silly wording, have fun searching the net for spelling mistakes and other shit that noone really cares about anyway.
6. rovercrew | April 23rd, 2010 at 1:15 am
And why would using ‘lier’ as a euphemism even be in context to what you said? Bearing in mind you can’t even spell racist, and you’ve just lied about not copying from wikipedia. I think its safe to say your lying again. Its ok, just go back to playing with your toys, give your gameboy a big hug
That nasty Jack can’t hurt you now with his ‘rasist’ comments
7. rovercrew | April 23rd, 2010 at 11:22 am
yeah spelling, HAHAHAHA whatever indeed, it just shows what an illiterate dumb fuck you are. And I see your a liar now as well. Had your original post just mentioned the one point about it being 58 or 60% cheaper, then fair enough, I could believe you read that ages ago in a mag. But you actually ripped off an entire paragraph off a section in Wikipedia with regards to the Atari Lynx. It follows the same flow, picks up on all the same points, and the way they’re put forward.
8. dreaddog | April 24th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
AND btw lier was a euphemism and i don’t read wiki cause anyone is allowed to edit it, reference could be Zero magazine from sometime during the 90’s sorry for not remembering or keeping the issue to remind me…
9. dreaddog | April 25th, 2010 at 10:30 am
OMG YOU ARE SO SAD GET A LIFE…. spelling haha whatever mate
10. rovercrew | April 25th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
yeah nice one, of all the things I said, you contend the point I dropped in at the end and thats it? This is as far as your wealth of knowledge goes on the matter is it? Obviously there isn’t a specific enough wikipedia article for you to leach from now, so all you have to say are crappy one liners. So somehow, I’ve failed in life because your too incompetent to follow the topic in a youtube video and quote from wikipedia properly? I didn’t even call you a ‘lier’ – Learn to read and spell!
11. dreaddog | April 25th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
OMG call me a lier for 2% rovercrew you fail in life…
12. rovercrew | April 27th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Jack did keep the japs out of the computer industry pretty well. May I remind you that Nintendo make games consoles, not computers, and the whole topic of discussion was computers. Your making a stupid comparison. When jack took over Atari, he was focused on computers not making games consoles. By the way, if your going to rip your information off of Wikiepdia about the lynx (without quoting your source), at least put down the correct facts – it was 58% cheaper
13. bazfanv2 | April 28th, 2010 at 2:46 am
it was a toy and it failed, old jack lad dont mince is words, he tells it how it is with a smile on his face.
14. dreaddog | April 29th, 2010 at 7:51 am
Ye i’d say the same tbh i think my choice of words was abit harsh i actually have alot of respect for Jack reading alot about his background. i probably should of said that Jack was alittle ‘unPC’ but i suppose its to be expected of the time ’80’s America’. i would also say that your totaly right with Tramiel Ego/Over-Ego & idd he’s not rasist just non-pc. i retract the origional statment or at least its wording and also apologize.
15. MegaGumbo | April 29th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
I apologize for the “PCness” part of my previous posting but still am not convinced that Tramiel is or had been a racist.
16. MegaGumbo | May 1st, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Well, I see it the “business” way: Mr. Tramiel (or “Jack”) is / had been known for his tough way of doing business. And to some extend, that made him a winner for some time. So I think that back then he didn’t want to make a racist statement rather than make clear that he (Tramiel) is “the one reason” the japanese didn’t have the success on the global market. To me, this is more a matter of “over-ego”. And that would fit perfectly to him (this is what I think about all that, at least).
17. dreaddog | May 2nd, 2010 at 12:40 am
close minded coz of being rasist not becuase of being a holocaust survivor just want to make that straight from before post.
18. dreaddog | May 2nd, 2010 at 12:55 pm
TBH MegaGunbo being holocaust survivor does not stop someone being rasist just makes them more closed minded. i made before comment after having knowing an incredibal amount about Jack, Atari, Commodore and the whole 80’s home computer war, also jack left Commodore due to disagreaments in management. This is just 1 quote from Magazine inverview “Japanese can only be successful if there are no more people like me” take from Early History of Jack Tramiel’s Commodore. so NO need for me tobe “PC”.
19. MegaGumbo | May 5th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
@dreaddog: I don’t think that holocaust survivor Jack Tramiel is a racist. Also, Commodore hat their own offices in Japan during the 1980s, with japanese Employees working on the final designs of CBMs computers. So next time you try to be “politically correct”, you better check twice before accuing someone of something that isn’t true.
20. dreaddog | May 6th, 2010 at 10:15 am
Bet jack wishes he hadn’t talked like that mentioning about 8-bit and saying he’s ‘keeping those poeple out’ OMG how rasist, Well Nintendo got last laugh when they released their Game Boy out selling the Lynx due to Atari only managing limited distribution even tho being the world’s first handheld electronic game in colour no less. But the Game Boy being 60% cheaper and also smaller and Nintendo havd no problems supplying retailers, it didn’t have a colour screen and elaborate custom chips.
21. sirpryde | May 6th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
thanx for the upload this is the shit what he says is spot on pitty guys like this werent still around
22. ruud2000tube | May 7th, 2010 at 8:53 am
excellent upload….thx!
23. dreamcastII | May 8th, 2010 at 9:54 am
thanks for posting this Sir !
24. wvoutlaw2002 | May 10th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Leonard Tramiel looks like a Sasquatch/Bigfoot.
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