A history of the Amiga, part 4: Enter Commodore
 

*Source: Ars Technia (http://arstechnica.com/articles/cult...re-years.ars)*
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The company that rescued Amiga in 1984 was the creation of a single man. Born in Poland in 1928 as Idek Tramielski, he was imprisoned in the Nazi work camps after his country was invaded in World War II. Rescued from the camps by the US Army, he married a fellow concentration camp survivor named Helen Goldgrub, and the two emigrated to the United States. Upon arrival, he changed his name to Jack Tramiel.

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