JACK TRAMIEL (1928-2012)
Founded Commodore International which brought millions of people into the computer world in the late 1970s and early 1980s with his low-cost PCs died at age 83 April 8th.
A Polish-born survivor of World War II's Auschwitz concentration camp opened a typewriter repair business in the Bronx in the early 1950s. In 1977, he introduced the first low-cost PC, the Commodore PET with two models selling for $595 and $795. In 1982 came the Commodore 64 which sold for $595 and quickly dropped to $199.
He was literally the Henry Ford of the computer industry.
I, myself didn't get into computers until 1999, when my school finally got them. But, now, I sure like all the information I can access, so a big thanks to Mr. Tramiel. And, just the fact he survived Auschwitz is noteworthy enough.
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