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July 30, 1996: Atari, JTS Merger Approved
July 30, 1996: Atari merges with JTS In a four minute meeting, the stockholders voted 42 million to 11 thousand in favor to the merge Atari and JTS in 1996. Because of the decision, Sam Tramiel picks...
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July 6, 1984: Jack Tramiel Fired Atari Staff
Jack Tramiel In a very bold move, Jack Tramiel laid off the majority of his staff outside of engineering. This comes in 1984, 3 days after Tramiel buys Atari for $240 million in 10 and 12 year notes....
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October 1, 1979: Ex-Atari Employees Started Activision
Activision is Founded 1979– Activision was founded by four ex-Atari, Inc. game designers: David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead. They teamed up with Jim Levy to produce game...
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December 13, 1982: Atari 1200XL
Atari-1200XL 1982 – After a decent success of the Atari 400/800 line the company noticed the console was looking a little “old”. After all, the Atari 400 actually discolors upon UV light. The 400’s...
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February 9, 1977: Atari – My First Computer Keyboard
February 9, 1977: Atari 2600 “My First keyboard” 1977 – The “My First Computer” was an add-on to the Atari 2600. This device would turn the game console into a full computer. For $90 you could get 8K...
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February 13, 1996: Jugi Tandon Storage (JTS) Merged with Atari
February 13, 1996: JTS merges with Atari[/caption] 1996 – Atari Corporation announces the merger with Jugi Tandon Storage (JTS). Atari extended a bridge loan of $25 Million so JTS can still build...
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July 6, 1984: Jack Tramiel Fired Atari Staff
Jack Tramiel In a very bold move, Jack Tramiel laid off the majority of his staff outside of engineering. This comes in 1984, 3 days after Tramiel buys Atari for $240 million in 10 and 12 year notes....
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July 30, 1996: Atari, JTS Merger Approved
July 30, 1996: Atari merges with JTS In a four minute meeting, the stockholders voted 42 million to 11 thousand in favor to the merge Atari and JTS in 1996. Because of the decision, Sam Tramiel picks...
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October 1, 1979: Ex-Atari Employees Started Activision
Activision is Founded 1979– Activision was founded by four ex-Atari, Inc. game designers: David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead. They teamed up with Jim Levy to produce game...
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December 13, 1982: Atari 1200XL
Atari-1200XL 1982 – After a decent success of the Atari 400/800 line the company noticed the console was looking a little “old”. After all, the Atari 400 actually discolors upon UV light. The 400’s...
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