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Commodore 64—25th Anniversary Celebration

Commodore 64—25th Anniversary Celebration on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2012–2016.

The Computer History Museum's 25th anniversary celebration of the Commodore 64, recorded in December 2007, with a panel including Jack Tramiel and Steve Wozniak. It recounts the machine's launch and history.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it for Jack Tramiel's pricing philosophy and a memorable Tramiel and Wozniak exchange on low versus sustainable pricing.

people recommended it
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separate months
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2012–2016
“my favorite apple commodore exchange summing up the whole deal”
— rasz_pl, Sep 2016, in “Commodore Back in Germany”

What HN commenters said

3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

rasz_plSep 2016Recommends

my favorite apple commodore exchange summing up the whole deal happened during computer history museums Commodore 64 25th anniversary panel ▶ this video . paraphrasing Tramiel: Unlike Apple I made computers for the lowest price possible enabling millions to own one. Wozniak: Unlike you Apple sold their computers at the price point that allowed them to not go bankrupt.

in “Commodore Back in Germany” · View on HN

KeyframeApr 2012Recommends

RIP Jack Tramiel! Here is Computer History Museum 25th Anniversary Celebration of Commodore 64 with him on the panel ▶ this video Micro computers were a startup movement in a true sense of the word.

in “Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, dies at age 83” · View on HN

expertentippJul 2015Cites it

If you can afford it you should always sell a product for no more than a 100% of your cost. [1] [1] 31:50 ▶ this video

in “Today, 30 years ago, Commodore introduced the Amiga” · View on HN

Topics & tags

History of computingDemoscene & retrocomputingTech pioneers & interviewscommodore 64jack tramielwozniakcomputer historypricing