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New Atari model: New Atari chief jack Tramiel has brought his newest product to the Computer Fair at the Metro Convention Centre the Atari 520ST
New Atari model: New Atari chief jack Tramiel has brought his newest product to the Computer Fair at the Metro Convention Centre the Atari 520ST

New Atari model: New Atari chief jack Tramiel has brought his newest product to the Computer Fair at the Metro Convention Centre the Atari 520ST

Date5/8/1985
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If optimism means anything born-again computer maker Atari has it made. Optimism is what James Copland - ebullient vice-president of marketing for the Sunnyvale, Calif., microcomputer manufacturer - conveys in a booming
If optimism means anything born-again computer maker Atari has it made. Optimism is what James Copland - ebullient vice-president of marketing for the Sunnyvale, Calif., microcomputer manufacturer - conveys in a booming
1/17/1985
Let the computer buyer beware: Computer consultant John Crawford cautions that a good salesperson has to have a little more enthusiasm for his product than the product warrants. Tha's the nature of the business.
Let the computer buyer beware: Computer consultant John Crawford cautions that a good salesperson has to have a little more enthusiasm for his product than the product warrants. Tha's the nature of the business.
8/20/1980
No Trivial pursuit: Michael Tedesco hopes his board game, In Other Words, will strike it rich at the Canadian Toy and Decoration Fair at the Metro Convention Centre
No Trivial pursuit: Michael Tedesco hopes his board game, In Other Words, will strike it rich at the Canadian Toy and Decoration Fair at the Metro Convention Centre
1/26/1989
Stephen Palmer, the new general manager of Convention and Tourist Bureau of Metropolitan Toronto, is a former sales manager who sells his town with words like package and the product
Stephen Palmer, the new general manager of Convention and Tourist Bureau of Metropolitan Toronto, is a former sales manager who sells his town with words like package and the product
10/28/1971
New President of the ex, Jack Corrigan was first attracted to the giant fair 50 years ago. He received a midway pass for attending a summer Sunday school run by the then-president of the CNE. Corrigan has suggested that cars be banned from the central section of the Ex and the space landscaped.
New President of the ex, Jack Corrigan was first attracted to the giant fair 50 years ago. He received a midway pass for attending a summer Sunday school run by the then-president of the CNE. Corrigan has suggested that cars be banned from the central section of the Ex and the space landscaped.
2/3/1971
New approach: Psychologist Steven Stein, top, has helped develop a computer program that allows children with emotional problems to answer intimate questions by using a computer at Thistletown Regional Centre
New approach: Psychologist Steven Stein, top, has helped develop a computer program that allows children with emotional problems to answer intimate questions by using a computer at Thistletown Regional Centre
2/24/1986
Honor student: David Condie, 15, uses his new computer to study at home. He gets top marks in high school despite a rare disease which has left him legally blind and deaf.
Honor student: David Condie, 15, uses his new computer to study at home. He gets top marks in high school despite a rare disease which has left him legally blind and deaf.
11/19/1986
All Ready: Toronto retailer Alan Goouch has computers and software in place that will automatically calculate the new federal sales tax and Ontario sales tax on goods sold at his four clothing stores
All Ready: Toronto retailer Alan Goouch has computers and software in place that will automatically calculate the new federal sales tax and Ontario sales tax on goods sold at his four clothing stores
11/16/1999
Mutal life insurance agent Donald James, left, tries his hand at high-tech biological age testing on computer as president and chief executive officer Jack Masterman Watches
Mutal life insurance agent Donald James, left, tries his hand at high-tech biological age testing on computer as president and chief executive officer Jack Masterman Watches
9/8/1988
Ordering wreckers away yesterday fromhis expropriated home (in background), Jack Coltman, 60, argues with William Wasylyk (left), the owner of Lakeview Salvage Co., and Constable John Buchanan. Coltman says he has received no settlement yet for his expropriated property on Balfour Ave. and believes under this condition he can claim new rights under recent provincial expropriation legislation. His home was one of nine expropriated for new seperate school.
Ordering wreckers away yesterday fromhis expropriated home (in background), Jack Coltman, 60, argues with William Wasylyk (left), the owner of Lakeview Salvage Co., and Constable John Buchanan. Coltman says he has received no settlement yet for his expropriated property on Balfour Ave. and believes under this condition he can claim new rights under recent provincial expropriation legislation. His home was one of nine expropriated for new seperate school.
1/3/1969
New directions: Wang Canada Ltd. has set new strategies in line with its parent company's attempt to broaden product lines and markets.
New directions: Wang Canada Ltd. has set new strategies in line with its parent company's attempt to broaden product lines and markets.
6/1/1987
Milton Stark holds a connector for a computer terminal, one of his firm's products
Milton Stark holds a connector for a computer terminal, one of his firm's products
11/23/1978