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Commodore founder Jack Tramiel passes away

Jack Tramiel, a holocaust survivor and an essential figure in the personal computer industry, passed away on Sunday, according to a report from Forbes. He was 83 years old. Tramiel was best known for founding Commodore in the early 50s, building what began as a typewriter and calculator business into the company that would release popular home computers like the VIC-20 and Commodore 64. He left the company in 1984 to found Tramel Technology, and …