4 Mar
2005
4 Mar
'05
3:59 p.m.
...and that's exactly what had happened, on August 13, 1984 Atari filed
breach of contract against Amiga, the suit was settled in a closed
agreement in 1987.
Also Warner had to adjust the sale price to the Tramiels for Atari since
they Amiga chips were part of the sale to Tramiel Technologies, Limited.
Curt
cswiger wrote:
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
The only problem I have with RJ Michaels talk is
he completely rewrites
history on Amiga's dealing with Atari, omits the fact that Amiga was
desperate for cash in late 1983 and through one of the unspoken chip
designers - Joe Decuir, who also was on Jays team at Atari who did the
final production version of the Atari 2600 and the Atari 800 Amiga met
with Atari and signed into an agreement with Atari for $500,000 to help
Amiga complete its chipset and on June 30th 84 they were supposed to
deliver working silicon to Atari's offices under a contract that Atari
would produce its own line of Lorraine chipset products. Instead of
delivering the chips, the gave a check to Atari for $500,000 (from
Commodore) and went into breach of contract. If it wasn't for Atari
coming in late 83' with cash the chipset might not have seen the light
of day.
Hi Curt - I don't know, but in this tape they talk about the cash
crunch, mention people getting 2nd mortgages to stay solvent - but
they didn't say anything about breech of contract with Atari. Jack
Tramiel bought Atari from Warner in 1984 - certainly he would have
taken legal action to get the chips if he thought he had a case.
You know, Mr. "Business is War". RJ talks a lot about Atari knowing
they were in a bind and offering less than $1 / share, and working
out a last minute deal w/ Commodore for $4.25, then paying off Atari.
--Chuck