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Ted Dabney

@teddabney

American electronic engineer, the co-founder of Atari, Inc. (1937–2018)

Building Atari, Inc. as Founder · United States

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Lived
1937–2018
Educated at
San Mateo High School · San Francisco State University

About

Ted Dabney (1937–2018) was an electronic engineer and computer scientist. They were born in San Francisco. They studied at San Mateo High School.

In context

Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 and closed in 1984, after 12 years. Among the 18 other video game industry companies founded in the 1970s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 23 years, so this one closed earlier than most.

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