If you are looking for computer history information, you are in the right place. These links go to some of the best Commodore and non-Commodore computer history sites on the web. Sadly many have gone off line, but I have found them archived in archive.org and adjusted the links to […]
Reproduced Feb 16 2004 with permission Hally from of the Vorc.org – Commodore.ca had discussions with Mr. Tomczyk in January and February 2004 and in one of his emails he wrote “…the most interesting part of your email is, what was my role in the VIC-20 development. Very funny. I WAS […]
Bill Mensch spoke at length with Commodore.ca in April of 2006. He provided clarification and correction to our new MOS Technology, Chuck Peddle and Jack Tramiel pages. We have added several of his interesting stories to those articles and so you may be interested in reviewing them as well. At that […]
by Ian Matthews, Sept 30, 2002 Commodore.ca – last revised Nov 23 2018) – Magazine Article added Dec 4, 2010 – pictures courtesy of http://amiga.emugaming.com/commphoto.html We wrote a much more complete history of Irving Gould in 2018 that you might also be interested in: The Crazy Story of How Irving Gould Ended […]
Written by Ian Matthews January 22 2006 – Last updated January 3 2020 Chuck Peddle is an inventor, engineer and entrepreneur of highest class. His rich early history mirrors that of Commodore; hugely important successes through the 60’s 70’s and early 80’s, followed by late 80’s and 90’s turmoil. Today […]
Reproduced March 25 2002 with permission from Jack Carroll picture courtesy of http://amiga.emugaming.com/commphoto.html Formatting cleaned up and links added Nov 23 2018 How many of you remember Jack Tramiel? Jack was the rough and tumble CEO of two of the computer industry’s earliest pioneer companies back in the late 70’s and […]
Written by Ian Matthews April 12, 2006 – Last Updated Nov 23, 2018 Jack Tramiel is The King of Low Cost Computers TV 1985 0:13 .2MB .2MB Jack Tramiel – Computers For the Masses TV 1985 0:20 .5MB .3MB Jack Tramiel – Impromptu Interview After Atari Purch Promo 1985 1:31 5MB 3MB 1.2MB 4MB […]
Reproduced March 26 2002 with permission from Robert Jung of the Atari Archives – Formatting cleaned up and links added Nov 23 2018 – From “Everything in History Was Against Them,” Fortune magazine, April 13, 1998 Jack Tramiel is The King of Low Cost Computers TV 1985 0:13 .2MB .2MB Jack Tramiel […]
Reproduced November 6, 2004 from the German Magazine “Data Welt” issued March 1986 Translated into English by www.commodore.ca and (mostly by) Germany’s Boris Kretzinger. Sourced from and graciously OCR’d by Germany’s Boris Jakubaschk. Click HERE to read the original German version of this interview. Oddly, Mr. Tramiel makes only a […]
Reproduced March 25 2002 with permission from Plesman Publishing Author/s: Michael Macmillan Issue: June 12, 2000 – cleaned up and links added Nov 23 2018 Blaine Popp is an auto mechanic by trade, though he does a little computer repair on the side from his home in Calgary. He holds down […]