The Home Computer Wars History Of Commodore外语英文电子书.docVIP

THE HOME COMPUTER WARS Michael S. Tomczyk An Insiders Account of Commodore and Jack Tramiel  This book is dedicated to all the people who said Id never make it, because theyre the ones who made me try the hardest. MST COMPUTE! Publications, Inc. (abc) One of the ABC Publishing Companies Greensboro, North Carolina ISBN 0-942386-78-7 $9.95 Printed/cpywte 1984. Years out of print unavailable at the time of this scanning. (title/credits pages) Contents Acknowledgments 1 Chapter One 1979: Welcome to the War 2 Chapter Two Foreign Wars: The Japanese Are Coming 9 Chapter Three Captain Jack and the Temple of Doom 19 Chapter Four The Walrus and the Carpenter 24 Chapter Five Chicago CES: The War Starts Here 33 Chapter Six Crossing the Delaware 39 Chapter Seven Grace Under Pressure: The Real Story of the VIC-20 49 Chapter Eight Commodorians: The Force Was with Us 65 Chapter Nine Winning the War The Last Days of Pompeii 79 Chapter Ten The New Atarians 92 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book is based on my own recollections, impressions, and viewpoint. Those who helped fill in the facts and helped me recall some of the stories and conversations have my sincere thanks. If I inadvertently left out anyones contribution, my sincere apologies. And the following people Im pleased to be able to thank publicly here: My wife Kim Tuyen, for making me feel like a genius when I felt like a shlub; my mother, Mrs. Dorothy Davis, for giving up her singing career so I could be a writer; my aunt, Mrs. E. A. Thomas, for helping me keep my perspective. Kit and Lesley Spencer, who encouraged me to write this story; and to special Commodorians John Feagans, Lee Schreiber, Tony Tokai, Don Richard, Harald Speyer, Dick Sanford, Greg Pratt, Rich Wiggins, Tom Hyltin, Gail Wellington, Yashi Terakura, Chuck Peddle, Jim Baclimann, Eli Kenan, Jo Marinello, Pat Jones, and Sig Hartmann. VIC commandos Neil Harris, Andy Finkel, Rick Cotton, David Street, Jeff Bruette, and Sue Mittnacht, for their constant