#jacktramiel — Public Fediverse posts

Episódio 173 – As novas novidades – Parte A

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/04/08/episodio-173-as-novas-novidades-parte-a/

#Podcast #CEO #ChrisSimpson #Commodore #Commodore64Ultimate #CRASHMagazine #fpga #gamepad #GideonZweijtzer #JackTramiel #microdrive #Perifractic #podcast #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #sinclair #TheSpectrum #Ultimate64 #ZXPrinter #ZXSpectrum

Holy crap.
That reminds me of a #BillHerd quote from this the 8-Bit-Guy video about how middle management were multiplying like rats once #JackTramiel left the company. :/

Old Vintage Computing Research Presents Rare 2007 Talk On C64
This is one of the rare times where I won't embed the video myself, because the blog Old Vintage Computing Research presented it as a link to their readers, and the video itself is unlisted on Youtube, so it won't turn up in searches or throug
https://setsideb.com/old-vintage-computing-presents-rare-2007-talk-on-c64/
#retro #AdamChowaniec #c64 #JackTramiel #RetroOldVintageComputingResearchJackTramiel #SteveWozniak #WilliamLowe

"I definitely think that FM radio will become a very Important factor in communications. Instead of using the phone lines, you’re going to be able to use the FM airwaves. You’ll be able to transmit a lot of information from computer to computer. You’re going to be able to transport software through FM radio."
– #JackTramiel (Founder of #Commodore, then new owner of #Atari Corporation), #FamilyComputing February 1985

https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/family-computing-interviews-jack (@johnblood)

#wifi #wlan #computerhistory

Episódio 163 – Dossiê Sierra – Parte A

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/05/07/episodio-163-parte-a/

#Podcast #AgathaChristie #AGI #AlLowe #AppleII #AtariSt #ColecoAdam #Commodore64 #CommodoreAmiga #CommodoreVIC20 #ControlData #CrashDosVideogames #Disney #FM7 #Frogger #HiResAdventure #IBM #IBMPCjr #JackTramiel #JimHenson #KenWilliams #KingsQuest #MysteryHouse #OnLineSystems #PC88 #PC98 #podcast #ProgrammaInternational #RadioShack #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #RobertaWilliams #Sierra

Episódio 163 – Dossiê Sierra – Parte A

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/05/07/episodio-163-parte-a/

#Podcast #AgathaChristie #AGI #AlLowe #AppleII #AtariSt #ColecoAdam #Commodore64 #CommodoreAmiga #CommodoreVIC20 #ControlData #CrashDosVideogames #Disney #FM7 #Frogger #HiResAdventure #IBM #IBMPCjr #JackTramiel #JimHenson #KenWilliams #KingsQuest #MysteryHouse #OnLineSystems #PC88 #PC98 #podcast #ProgrammaInternational #RadioShack #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #RobertaWilliams #Sierra

Episódio 163 – Dossiê Sierra – Parte A

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/05/07/episodio-163-parte-a/

#Podcast #AgathaChristie #AGI #AlLowe #AppleII #AtariSt #ColecoAdam #Commodore64 #CommodoreAmiga #CommodoreVIC20 #ControlData #CrashDosVideogames #Disney #FM7 #Frogger #HiResAdventure #IBM #IBMPCjr #JackTramiel #JimHenson #KenWilliams #KingsQuest #MysteryHouse #OnLineSystems #PC88 #PC98 #podcast #ProgrammaInternational #RadioShack #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #RobertaWilliams #Sierra

Episódio 163 – Dossiê Sierra – Parte A

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/05/07/episodio-163-parte-a/

#Podcast #AgathaChristie #AGI #AlLowe #AppleII #AtariSt #ColecoAdam #Commodore64 #CommodoreAmiga #CommodoreVIC20 #ControlData #CrashDosVideogames #Disney #FM7 #Frogger #HiResAdventure #IBM #IBMPCjr #JackTramiel #JimHenson #KenWilliams #KingsQuest #MysteryHouse #OnLineSystems #PC88 #PC98 #podcast #ProgrammaInternational #RadioShack #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #RobertaWilliams #Sierra

Episódio 163 – Dossiê Sierra – Parte A

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/05/07/episodio-163-parte-a/

#Podcast #AgathaChristie #AGI #AlLowe #AppleII #AtariSt #ColecoAdam #Commodore64 #CommodoreAmiga #CommodoreVIC20 #ControlData #CrashDosVideogames #Disney #FM7 #Frogger #HiResAdventure #IBM #IBMPCjr #JackTramiel #JimHenson #KenWilliams #KingsQuest #MysteryHouse #OnLineSystems #PC88 #PC98 #podcast #ProgrammaInternational #RadioShack #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #RobertaWilliams #Sierra

@sinza

Just making this up, but I'm thinking AuguST could be good for Atari fans.

#Atari #AtariST #AtariTT #JackTramiel

Sunday Morning Reading

The rapid decay of all things continues. I’m not even sure if “decay” is the right word. “Collapse” might be a better choice. Regardless, there’s no “decay” or “collapse” in my sharing articles and writing every week in Sunday Morning Reading. Enjoy.

Russell Shorto tells us that the fracture we’re facing shouldn’t surprise in America’s Fatal Division Is Nothing New: It Was Baked In From The Beginning. He’s right and that’s also nothing new. We just have a propensity for ignoring what we shouldn’t.

Marc Elias says We Can’t Give In To Fear. He’s right. But with those we mistakenly counted on having already done so, it makes it tougher for the rest of us.

Brian Barrett of Wired (which continues to do excellent reporting) gives us a rundown on The United States of Elon Musk. Good piece with good context. I don’t disagree with his premise that it’s unsustainable. The larger concern is what’s left in its wake.

NatashaMH opens up a personal tale of exploring justice, relationships, and personal power in The Price of Guns And Butter.

Things aren’t just decaying on political and social fronts, technology is marching right alongside, if not leading the charge. John Gruber lays out a mea culpa of sorts in discussing Apple’s less than intelligent move into Artificial Intelligence in Something Is Rotten In The State of Cupertino. I’ll have more to say on this later this week. I wrote a bit about it last week also.

Will Knight, (again in Wired) tells us that Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told To Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models. Tell me. Who didn’t see this kind of thing happening?

Cory Doctorow in Pluralistic lays out how Amazon Annihilates Alexa Privacy Settings, Turns On Continuous Nonconsensual Audio Uploading. One way user agreements flow only one way. Again, who didn’t see this coming?

In times of uncertain futures it’s always somewhat uncomfortably comforting to reminisce about simpler times. When it comes to technology there was perhaps no simpler or more innocent time than during the age of the Commodore 64, which was my first home computer. We’ve come a long way. Gareth Edwards takes a look at Jack Tramiel’s success in How Commodore Invented The Mass Market Computer.

(Image from Ashni on Unsplash)

If you’re interested in just what the heck Sunday Morning Reading is all about you can read more about the origins of Sunday Morning Reading here.  You can also find more of my writings on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome.

#Amazon #Apple #AppleIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #Commodore64 #CoryDoctorow #elonMusk #History #JackTramiel #JohnGruber #MarcElias #philosophy #Poetry #Politics #religion #SundayMorningReading #Tech #Wired #Writing

It was 40 years ago this week that the Atari ST was announced at the January 1985 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Not long after, in the fall of 1986, I got my own Atari 520ST system and count it as one my favorites among the many systems I haveowned over the years. Here, at the ST's 40th Anniversary, I share one of my earliest and most memorable experiences with my beloved 520ST, which took place on a Halloween night long, long ago.

https://bytecellar.com/2016/11/10/the-year-that-starglider-and-the-atari-st-saved-halloween/

Today, I have a nearly identical 520ST setup here in the Byte Cellar and I still count it among the most beloved of my vintage systems. I hope you enjoy the memory.

#Atari #AtariST #Atari520ST #vintatgecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #computinghistory #JackTramiel #Jackintosh #Halloween #blog #memorylane #nostalgia #CES #CES2025 #vintagetech #ByteCellar #retrogaming #retrogames #Firebird #Rainbird #Starglider

The Famous Computer Cafe Has Now Been Archived Online https://hackaday.com/2024/08/23/the-famous-computer-cafe-has-now-been-archived-online/ #Retrocomputing #retrocomputing #timothyleary #jacktramiel #robertmoog #billgates #History #history

The Famous Computer Cafe Has Now Been Archived Online - You might think that TV stations or production houses would be great at archiving,... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/23/the-famous-computer-cafe-has-now-been-archived-online/ #retrocomputing #timothyleary #jacktramiel #robertmoog #billgates #history

Nada disso existia quando Jack Tramiel estava vivo

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/05/21/nada-disso-existia-quando-jack-tramiel-estava-vivo/

#MundoRetro #Assembler #Assembly #C64 #Commodore #Commodore64 #CommodoreKIM1 #GenAI #IAGenerativa #JackTramiel #KIM1 #VICE #VSCode

Nada disso existia quando Jack Tramiel estava vivo

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/05/21/nada-disso-existia-quando-jack-tramiel-estava-vivo/

#MundoRetro #Assembler #Assembly #C64 #Commodore #Commodore64 #CommodoreKIM1 #GenAI #IAGenerativa #JackTramiel #KIM1 #VICE #VSCode

Nada disso existia quando Jack Tramiel estava vivo

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/05/21/nada-disso-existia-quando-jack-tramiel-estava-vivo/

#MundoRetro #Assembler #Assembly #C64 #Commodore #Commodore64 #CommodoreKIM1 #GenAI #IAGenerativa #JackTramiel #KIM1 #VICE #VSCode

Nada disso existia quando Jack Tramiel estava vivo

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/05/21/nada-disso-existia-quando-jack-tramiel-estava-vivo/

#MundoRetro #Assembler #Assembly #C64 #Commodore #Commodore64 #CommodoreKIM1 #GenAI #IAGenerativa #JackTramiel #KIM1 #VICE #VSCode

Nada disso existia quando Jack Tramiel estava vivo

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/05/21/nada-disso-existia-quando-jack-tramiel-estava-vivo/

#MundoRetro #Assembler #Assembly #C64 #Commodore #Commodore64 #CommodoreKIM1 #GenAI #IAGenerativa #JackTramiel #KIM1 #VICE #VSCode

Episódio 152 – A linha Commodore 264 – Parte B

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/05/15/episodio-152-parte-b/

#Podcast #3Plus1 #AlemanhaOcidental #Argentina #atari #Aurrer #BilHerd #C1541 #Canad #Canadian4 #Commodore #Commodore116 #Commodore16 #Commodore264 #Commodore64 #CommodoreJapan #CommodoreMAX #CommodorePlus4 #CommodoreVIC20 #demoscene #Drean #EmpireStrikesBack #famlia #GEOS #GrupoSigma #Hungria #IEC #JackTramiel #jogo #KondiKrush #Mxico #MOS #NTSC #PAL #PALN #podcast #Retrocomputao #Ret

Episódio 152 – A linha Commodore 264 – Parte A

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/05/08/episodio-152-parte-a/

#Podcast #3Plus1 #Aquarius #atari #BennyPruden #BilHerd #BruceAhems #CES #Chicago #Commodore #Commodore116 #Commodore16 #Commodore264 #Commodore64 #CommodoreMAX #CommodorePlus4 #CommodoreV364 #CommodoreVIC20 #CSG #DaveDiOrio #Dinamarca #EricYang #famlia #HMOS1 #HMOS2 #Hungria #IrvingGould #JackTramiel #LasVegas #Mattel #MOS #podcast #RAM #Retrocomputao #Retrpolis #ROM #sinclair #TED #T

Commander X16, um sonho retro se tornando realidade.

https://retropolis.com.br/2023/10/17/commander-x16-sonho-retro-realidade/

#MundoRetro #8Bits #AgonLight #BASIC #CommanderX16 #Commodore #Commodore64 #JackTramiel #The8bitGuy

In memory of Jack Tramiel who left us 11 years ago today 😢

Born: December 13, 1928
Died: April 8, 2012 (aged 83)

#JackTramiel #Commodore #CBM #Atari #C64 #RetroComputing

#GiornodellaMemoria Oggi vogliamo parlare di #JackTramiel, fondatore della Commodore, azienda produttrice del #VIC20, del #Commodore64 e della famiglia di computer #Amiga.
Lo facciamo perché pochi sanno che Jack Tramiel fu un superstite dell'Olocausto. Mandato nel campo di concentramento di Auschwitz e successivamente ad Ahlem, perse entrambi i genitori e fu poi salvato nell'aprile del 1945 dagli statunitensi.

Fonte:
🔹https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tramiel
🔸https://www.ilpost.it/2012/04/10/chi-era-jack-tramiel-commodore/

My mom goes to dialysis 3-4 times a week, so she's stuck for 4 hours at a time with nothing to do but listen to audiobooks. I usually fill her phone w/ Obama books or Woodward, which she enjoys, but this time around I gave her Steven Levy's "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution."

I just got off a 45 min phone call w/ her discussing the 8-bit era, the origins of MS (boo, hiss!), how #JackTramiel was the only guy to out-negotiate/swindle Bill Gates, and more. Fun times.

Buon 40esimo compleanno :commodore: Commodore 64!
La storia dell’azienda e del computer più venduto di sempre

:commodore: https://www.drcommodore.it/2022/08/06/40-compleanno-commodore-64-storia/

Jack Tramiel: “La mia idea è sempre quella di provare a portare la migliore tecnologia al prezzo più basso per le masse. Siamo un’azienda che ci piace vendere alle masse, non alle classi”

#commodore64 #jacktramiel #commodore #homecomputer