01/11/2001
Mailbag: My docs; Apple; Lost cd rom drive It's that time of year again. MacWorld time. I work with Macs way too much, so of course I have opinions. If you expect me to withhold them, you don't know me...
View ArticleCommodore’s founder comes out of hiding
It's been said that Ed Roberts of Altair fame was the last person to get the better of Bill Gates in a business deal. But I'll say it was Jack Tramiel. The post Commodore’s founder comes out of hiding...
View ArticleA question for you old-timers
Dvorak was in rare form this week, as he writes something that reads more like an e-mail virus alert chain letter. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2376702,00.asp Read on for the money quote. I’m...
View ArticleSteve Jobs and the Commodore PET
There’s a nasty rumor floating around that in Walter Isaacson’s bestselling biography, Steve Jobs, Jobs alleges that Commodore copied the Apple II when making its first computer, 1977’s PET. Here’s the...
View ArticleRIP, Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore
Commodore founder Jack Tramiel, the orchestrator of the first line of affordable personal computers, died this weekend at the age of 83. I don’t know exactly what to think about it, and I’m probably...
View ArticleFor 3/8 of a million dollars, I think I’d rather have a replica Apple I instead
A working Apple I motherboard with manuals sold this week for $374,500. Not bad for something that originally sold for $666.66. The Apple I wasn’t a complete computer, just a motherboard. As best...
View ArticleGames would be just what Linux needed
Valve is intending to develop for Linux, as an insurance policy against Windows 8. I think that will lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy. If more games are available for Linux, demand for Linux will...
View ArticleLarry Page’s exile and rebirth
A lot of people really dislike Google the way I’ve been known for disliking Apple and Microsoft. It never really occurred to me that all three are related, until I read this piece on Google cofounder...
View ArticleSteve Jobs and the Amiga
Steve Jobs was aware of the Amiga. He didn’t think much of it. Even still, Steve Jobs and the Amiga did have some connections. Jobs’ opinion of the Commodore PET made bigger headlines after he died,...
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