Re: Computing Editorial (please read)

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In article <7a1fd8df.0301182243.1116f30@posting.google.com>,
pap3@dana.ucc.nau.edu (Paul Allen Panks) wrote:
> I do recall a comment Tramiel apparently made when he took over Atari
> and the line manager was eager to show him the new Atari 2600 (in
> 1984). Tramiel took one look at the machine and (supposedly) said,"Get
> this garbage out of here! We make computers now!". From what I
> remember, that same line manager was fired three days later. ;-)
> Regards,
> Paul Allen Panks


Didn't they (the Tramielien Atari) re-introduce the Atari 2600 game console as
the Atari 2600 Jr. (a 2600 but just in a smaller black case),
in the second half of the 1980's?

I'm betting that the asshole of a boss Tramiel didn't hire back that line
manager.....