[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-16 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 1:31 AM Steve Lewis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Sad to hear about Don Lancaster. Things like this is what motivated me to > make the "domesticating the computer" video, which briefly mentions the TV > Typewriter - to honor these "living legends". I wish

[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-16 Thread Steve Lewis via cctalk
Sad to hear about Don Lancaster. Things like this is what motivated me to make the "domesticating the computer" video, which briefly mentions the TV Typewriter - to honor these "living legends". I wish I could have fit in more about Don and also Ted Nelson, author of Computer Lib. And speaking

[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-08 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 6:26 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > I am going throw out a Jim Butterfield too I never got to meet him or correspond with him directly, but through his articles and his work with TORPUG, he absolutely had a huge indirect influence on my early years. I did learn plenty

[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-06 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
I am going throw out a Jim Butterfield too On Thu, Jul 6, 2023, 5:52 PM John Many Jars via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > More than anyone else (except maybe Gary Bitter) I owe my lifelong interest > in computers to this man. How very sad. What a loss. >

[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-06 Thread John Many Jars via cctalk
More than anyone else (except maybe Gary Bitter) I owe my lifelong interest in computers to this man. How very sad. What a loss.

[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-02 Thread The Doctor via cctalk
--- Original Message --- On Saturday, July 1st, 2023 at 13:10, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > Don Lancaster passed away on June 7. > I hope his website is well preserved: > https://tinaja.com/ I just set Leandra to mirroring it, just in case. Her mainboard's been a little unsta

[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-01 Thread John Robertson via cctalk
On 2023/07/01 1:10 p.m., Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: Don Lancaster passed away on June 7. https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/ I hope his website is well preserved: https://tinaja.com/ Sellam web.archive.org has many copies archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20230

[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-01 Thread KenUnix via cctalk
I would call him a legend in electronics... On Sat, Jul 1, 2023 at 7:33 PM Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > On 7/1/23 15:10, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > > Don Lancaster passed away on June 7. > > > > https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/ > > > > I hope his website is well preser

[cctalk] Re: Don Lancaster has passed away at 83

2023-07-01 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 7/1/23 15:10, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: Don Lancaster passed away on June 7. https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/ I hope his website is well preserved: https://tinaja.com/ Wow, another legend!  Yes, there is a lot of good stuff there. Jon