Years ago, I got my start on a Vic-20 and later, the venerable Commodore 64. I programmed games for my junior high school friends, both in BASIC and Machine Language. In fact, I was so hard core, I owned two Vic-20s and two Commodore 64s at one point. So who was behind the C64, perhaps the best-selling personal computer of all time? Jack Tramiel, an Auschwitz survivor and former member of the U.S. Army who decided that his future wasn’t in repairing typewriters but in building electronics. And this week, Tramiel was honored during the 25th anniversary celebration for the Commodore 64. Cool.
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