After everything is said and done. Thank you Jack for the better time of my youth. Long live the Vic-20. Long live the C64. Long live Amiga. Long live Commodore. Rest in peace Jack.

Hello Chip,
Jack Tramiel, the founder of Commodore International, But can you tell me please what is Commodore International. You have nicely mentioned the Jack Tramiel profile.
He introduced the Commodore 64 in 1982, then lots of good works he has done it his life. So thanks Jack for your great support. And specially thanks for Chip for adding this blog. Good job.

RIP Jack.

I too thank you hole-heartedly, Jack, for many many happy hours of enjoyment on both the C64 and Amiga – and then subsequent nostalgic trips via emulators in the last decade or so.

Only within the last couple of years I got back into Boulderdash and found Boulderdash M on an emulator site for the Amiga – I managed to complete every single cave although it took a while.

Epic achievement.

John (UK)

Chip: The subject line is misleading. Jack Tramiel did not “create” the C64. In fact, his only involvement with the design of the C64 is that he insisted that it should have 64 kB of RAM. The actual design was done by Bob Russell, Bob Yannes, and David A. Ziembicki.

Though I certainly am not denying that Jack Tramiel knew what he was doing. His tenure as Commodore’s CEO was probably the best few years they had. After he left, their new management really dropped the ball. (I could write an entire essay on what they did wrong, but I’ll spare you the grisly details for now.)