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Frothy Afterbirth · #**111** 04-19-2012, 01:27 PM

Jack Tramiel, Father Of Commodore 64 And An Auschwitz Survivor, Dies At 83
by Krishnadev Calamur

Jack Tramiel, the founder of Commodore International, whose iconic Commodore 64 was one of the best-selling computers of all time, has died. He was 83.

Forbes reports that Tramiel was born in Poland in 1928 to a Jewish family and sent to Auschwitz during World War II. He and father were then sent to the Ahlem labor camp near Hanover. He was rescued in 1945 and came to the U.S. two years later. It was then that he started Commodore as a typewriter business.

"Staying in the forefront of technology, his typewriters morphed into calculators, and later computers," Forbes said.

In 1982, Commodore International launched the Commodore 64, which by some accounts is the best-selling personal computer of all time. After he was forced to leave the company, he rebuilt Atari Corp. in 1984, transforming it from a maker of game consoles into a PC manufacturer, the Wall Street Journal reported.

"Jack Tramiel was an immense influence in the consumer electronics and computing industries," Martin Goldberg, a writer working on a book about the Atari brand and the early days of video games and computing with Atari Museum founder Curt Vendel, told Forbes. "A name once uttered in the same vein as Steve Jobs is [mentioned] today; his journey from concentration camp survivor to captain of industry is the stuff of legends."

Eccles · #**112** 04-19-2012, 04:40 PM

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josehl · #**113** 05-02-2012, 01:25 PM

Apparently shot himself.

Frothy Afterbirth · #**114** 05-02-2012, 01:57 PM

Just read what happened to him 5 min ago.

Frothy Afterbirth · #**115** 05-02-2012, 02:05 PM

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dolphinskull · #**116** 05-04-2012, 12:29 PM

Beastie Boys legend Adam Yauch -- otherwise known as MCA -- has passed away at the age of 47. Yauch revealed that he had cancer in a salivary gland in his neck in July 2009.

Yauch was one of the founding members of hip-hop trio The Beastie Boys, along with his friends Michael Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock). In 1986, The Beastie Boys released their first full-length album, "Licensed to Ill," which became the first hip hop album to top the Billboard 200.

skywalker · #**117** 05-04-2012, 01:08 PM

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I am in shock. This sucks.

MrGoutHimself · #**118** 05-04-2012, 01:24 PM

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The Boys fucking rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE&ob=av2e

Bob Wehadababyitsboy · #**119** 05-04-2012, 02:34 PM

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This really does suck. One of the pioneers of hip hop. A true musical legend.

skywalker · #**120** 05-04-2012, 03:08 PM

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^^^
somewhat of an obituary on the BB official site

They were awesome live. I saw them twice including the New Yorkers against violence show that they mentioned in that obit.

He will be missed