1 Oct
2005
1 Oct
'05
4:56 p.m.
On 10/1/2005 at 9:23 AM Fred Cisin wrote:
There had been a LOT of people and technology moving
back and forth
between Commodore and Atari. It has been claimed that the ST was
originally a Commodore project, and the Amiga was originally an Atari
project!
I remember when Atari had some offices by the CDC building in Moffett Industrial Park.
CDC was in the middle of a reorganization then and personnel cuts were numerous. Atari in
its help-wanted ads actually stated something to the effect of "no mainframe
programmers need apply". A friend who was turned down by Atari went on to work on
the programming for Commodore's scientific calculator. I remember her showing me the
prototype--basically a plywood chassis with a keyboard, display, some PC cards and a
rat's nest of wires...
Does anyone still have a Sinclair or Commodore digital watch? I built one of the
do-it-yourself Sinclair digitals, but it failed within a couple of months. My wife still
has a couple of National Semi watches that have long since died from corrosion caused by
perspiration--and I suspect that's what did in my Sinclair.
I was cleaning out an old filing cabinet and came across a section from the Mercury News
advertising the Commodore watch for $16.95 at Mr. Calculator--your choice, white or yellow
with leatherette strap. Mr. Calculator would keep the watch adjusted free of charge for
life.
Cheers,
Chuck