Pricing (Was: Re: PalmOS no more? :()

[Chuck Guzis]

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