Ukuphila kweJack Tramiel Ingxenye 4 - Impi ye-Atari Commodore

Lona Ingxenye 4 kwingxenye yezingxenye ezingu-4 ze-Commodore umsunguli uJack Tramiel.

Ngemuva kokunciphisa ukuxoshwa ngaphandle kweCommodore , inkampani eyakhayo futhi eyakhelwe yedwa, eyayihlala umbuso, uJack Tramiel manje useyena umnikazi we- Atari , ngokuhlela ukuthi abe ngowokuqala ukukhipha ikhompyutha yasekhaya engu-32-bit. Emzamweni yokubambelela emakethe, u-Commodore wathenga u-Amiga futhi wenyuka wamelana nomnikazi wabo wangaphambili emncintiswaneni ukuba abe ngowokuqala ukufinyelela eminyakeni engu-32-bit ekhaya computer.

I-Tramiel Iguqula Amathebula

Ukuze azame futhi anciphise ukukhululwa kwekhompiyutha ezayo kaTramiel, u-Commodore waxoshwa abathathu abayinhloko abashiya ukusebenza nomphathi wabo omdala, bebona ukuthi babambe ubuchwepheshe beCommodore futhi babuyisa eTramiel.

Akekho ozovumela inkampani yakhe endala ukuba ihambisane naye, noma ithimba lakhe, uTramiel wathola isivumelwano se-Amiga no-Atari, futhi azi ukuthi uKomodore manje unamakhomishana ka-Amiga, wabaphikisa ngokulimala futhi ephula isivumelwano sokuqala sama-Amiga.

Impi yenkantolo yaqhubeka iminyaka, futhi ekugcineni, izinkampani zombili zadedela amakhompiyutha angu-32-bit - i-Atari ST kanye ne-Amiga Computer.

Ekugcineni, leli cala lihlehlisiwe enkantolo, futhi njengengxenye ye-Commodore yokuqeda ukuhlukumeza isinqumo sabo eside sokulwa nabanjiniyela babo abasebenza manje e-Atari.

Phakathi neminyaka elandelayo i-Atari noCommodore babenempi enkulu yomphakathi emakethe, kodwa ngalesi sikhathi kokubili i-Apple ne-Microsoft ithathe isiphephelo embonini yekhompiyutha futhi beshiya ikamelo elincane lomncintiswano.

Ukuphela kwe-Commodore ne-Atari?

Ekugcineni, i-Commodore yafaka isicelo sokuqothulwa ngonyaka ka-1994 kanye nempahla yabo yahlukaniswa. Namuhla u-Amiga no-Commodore banamabhizinisi amabili ahlukene manje okwamanje abona ukuphindwa kabusha ngenxa yobungcweti nokuhlonishwa kwegama.

Ngemva kokuphuma emakethe yekhompiyutha, i-Atari yabona impilo encane ngokukhululwa kwe-console ye-Atari 7800 futhi yavuselela isimiso sabo esithandwa kakhulu njenge- Atari 2600 Jr.

I-Tramiel ithatha ku-Nintendo

Ngo-1989 u-Atari wahamba ngokuya e- Nintendo emakethe yemidlalo yemidlalo ephathekayo ngokukhulula i-Atari Lynx, umbala womugqa we-8-bit ogcinwe ngesandla obesebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-Chip kusuka ku-MOS Technology e-Commodore. Ngesikhathi i-Atari Lynx iphakeme kunomdlalo we- Game Boy ngezindlela eziningi, futhi yakhululwa ngonyaka ofanayo, ayikwazanga ukuhlonishwa kwe-brand ye-Nintendo kanye ne-flagship franchises njenge- Super Mario Bros. , i- Donkey Kong ne- Tetris .

U-Atari wabe esezama ukumangalela uNintendo ngokusebenzisa amakhemikhali wokuzimela ukuze axoshe abathengisi ukuba baqhube imikhiqizo ye-Nintendo phezu kwabancintisana, kanti ngenkathi uNintendo kamuva etholwe enecala lokulungisa amanani futhi wenqaba ukuthengisa imikhiqizo yabo kubadayisi ababebuye bathengise imikhiqizo yokuncintisana, u-Atari walahlekelwa icala labo .

Emzamweni wokugcina wokuthola kabusha inkazimulo yasekhaya yase-Atari ekhaya, ngo-1993 ngaphansi kobuholi bomndeni wakwaTramiel, u-Atari wakhipha i-console yayo ye-video yasekhaya yase-Atari Jaguar. I-Jaguar yayiyi-console ye-video ye-64-bit yokuqala yevidiyo ye-video futhi inamandla kunanoma iyiphi enye uhlelo lwegeyimu yevidiyo yasekhaya emakethe.

Ngesikhathi i-Jaguar idunyiswa ngokujulile futhi yayine-hardcore fan base esithembekile, yakhululwa emakethe ekhukhulayo, iphikisana ne- Sega Genesis ne-Super Nintendo kuphela kodwa i- Sony PlayStation , i-Sega Saturn ne-3DO. Ekugcineni, i-Jaguar yayihluleka ukuhweba.

Naphezu kokuhluleka kweLynx noJaguar, i-Atari yayisasebenza ngokwezimali ngaphansi kobuholi bukaTramiel, Nokho, u-Tramiel wakhathala embonini yekhamera yekhaya futhi akekho amanye amasistimu ekugcineni, wanquma ukuthengisa inkampani ngokuhlanganiswa okuphambene ne-hard drive umkhiqizi JT Isitoreji. Ukuhlanganiswa kwakha inkampani ye-JTS Corporation, uJack Tramiel ahlala kuyo ebhodini labaqondisi.

Ungakhohlwa

Ngesikhathi eqhuba i-Atari, ngo-1993 uTramiel wasiza ukuhlangana ne-United States Holocaust Memorial Museum eWashington, DC, futhi waqhubeka ehilelekile emnyangweni wezemyuziyamu eminyakeni ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi embonini yekhompyutha.

Ngesikhathi, uVernon Tott, omunye wamasosha aseMelika osiza ukukhulula iTamiel ezintweni ezisabekayo zekamu le-Ahlem Concentration, wadlula ngo-2005 esuka eCancer, uJack Tramiel wanikeza isitatimende ku-Tott ngokuqoshwa kweSikhumbuzo " KuVernon W. Tott, i-Liberator yami noHero . "

Endabeni yokuxoxisana noNPR Tramiel wachaza ukuthi "Ngifanele ngiqiniseke ukuthi lo muntu uzokhunjulwa ngalokho akwenzile. Umndeni wakhe kufanele wazi ukuthi ungumuntu, iqhawe." Ingelosi yami. "

Umndeni weTramel usuvele uphuma embonini yekhompiyutha, esikhundleni sokuthi ube ne-real estate nenkampani yokutshala izimali Tramiel Capital, Inc.

Ngo-Ephreli 8, 2012, uJack Tramiel ushone eneminyaka engu-83 ubudala, eshiya omunye umdlalo wevidiyo omkhulu kakhulu nakumakhompuyutha we-computer ngaso sonke isikhathi.