Sean Dennis wrote to Dave Drum <=-

John Roach, Pioneer of the Personal Computer, Is Dead at 83

Mr. Roach helped change the world. My first and favorite computer was
my brand-new TRS-80 CoCo 2 my parents bought new in 1984 for me. Sadly
it was stolen but I hope to acquire another CoCo 2 eventually.

Never owned any of his products with the exception of the TRaSh-80. I
did, however , work on a Tandy 1000 running Unix that was the main box
for Family Video - a chain of video rental stores that survived to be
the last remaining physical video rental operation in USA. They used to
1000 well into the first decade of this century. It was sort of amazing
to know that this fairly major company was being coordinated by a wood
fired, steam powered computer. Bv)=

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Ron Lauzon wrote to Dave Drum <=-

John Roach, Pioneer of the Personal Computer, Is Dead at 83

This is why I'm trying to hit the various vintage computer festivals in the next few years.

The "movers and shakers" of the original computers are getting to that
age and I'd actually like to meet them before they pass on.

Tandy Assembly is on our list this year. Hopefully some of these
people will attend.

If you can get to the Vintage Computer Fest in Wall, NJ this year (April
22, 23, 24) Bil Herd, Dave Haynie, Andy Finkel, Al Charpentier, Benny
Pruden, Bob Russell, Neil Harris, Joe Myshko and possibly others from CommodeDoor/Amiga will be in attendance. Check the InfoAge Science and
History Museums main page for information:

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Dave Drum wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

If you can get to the Vintage Computer Fest in Wall, NJ this year
(April 22, 23, 24) Bil Herd, Dave Haynie, Andy Finkel, Al Charpentier, Benny Pruden, Bob Russell, Neil Harris, Joe Myshko and possibly others from CommodeDoor/Amiga will be in attendance. Check the InfoAge Science and History Museums main page for information:

I saw that. Sadly, the east coast is not possible for us for a number of years. I'm hoping some of these people will come to VCF Mid West at some point. 8-bit Guy and the LGR guy made the trip there the last couple of years.

So Tandy Assembly this year. Maybe VCF MW next year. Hopefully things align that we might be able to make VCF East some day.


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Tony Langdon wrote to Dave Drum <=-

I never had one myself, but the TRS-80 did look nice in its day. I
first saw one in a brochure around 1978.

For a 13 year old geek, it was wonderful.

My dad was an 8th grade science teacher. One year he found a TRS-80 Model I Level I that the PTA had bought the school. He learned to use it, had it upgraded to Level II and bought it home for the summer - where I pretty much commandeered it.

One summer teaching myself BASIC on a 16K computer with only the manuals and some example programs started a whole career in Computer Science for me.


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Dave Drum wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

1000 well into the first decade of this century. It was sort of amazing
to know that this fairly major company was being coordinated by a wood fired, steam powered computer. Bv)=

They are still producing new Z80 processors today. Mostly for industrial systems, but still...

When it works and works well, if there's no need, why change it?


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