XPost: comp.sys.cbm, rec.games.video.classic
From: sgillettnospam@diespammergte.net
"Didimo" wrote ...
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:26:50 GMT, "Sam Gillett"
> wrote:
>
>>> Good enough a reason for me to go there and bring lots of eggs and rotten
>>> tomato. He pretty much killed Atari in the late 80's.
>>
>>Slither back under your rock! Everyone with half a brain knows that Jack
>>Tramiel is THE hero of The Personal Computer Revolution.
>
> Funny how what to you is the hero of the PCR to me is the culprit of
> the decadence of gaming.
One of Jack Tramiel's stated goals was to "Bring computers to the masses, not
the classes." The IBM PC's of that era were much too expensive for the
average middle class family. Jack marketed computers that were affordable to
even the lower middle class.
Video games is not what is important here. Computers are much more important
than video games. Please keep in mind that this thread was crossposted. Two
of the newsgroups involved are Commodore groups. Be aware that computers
rule!
>>BTW, Atari would have died sooner than it did had it not been for Jack
>>Tramiel. Jack's Atari ST was the only thing keeping Atari alive during it
>>last couple of years.
>
> Were you there in 1983/4? And by "there" I mean alive and as a
> rational being? I was 20/21 and paying very much attention to the
> videogaming world.. And I don't mean just inserting coins in Pac-Man
> machines...
Video games are good for a little fun, much like hula hoops and other toys.
Computers are useful in the real world. Being an expert Pac-Man player is
useless on your resume. Having computer skills is useful.
--
Best regards,
Sam Gillett
Change is inevitable,
except from vending machines!
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