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| From | "Bill Davy" <Bill@SynectixLtd.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 |
| Date | 2012-11-03 08:18 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <afk2aqF28lbU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <k6c6db$tp4$1@dont-email.me> <a7ce003d-a4d7-4c73-992f-4343875b4d83@googlegroups.com> |
"luser- -droog" <mijoryx@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:a7ce003d-a4d7-4c73-992f-4343875b4d83@googlegroups.com... > On Thursday, October 25, 2012 3:11:24 PM UTC-5, Charles Richmond wrote: >> I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He used >> to >> >> be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and comp.lang.c. He >> >> had a long and involved history with computers and programming. He was >> born >> >> in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and passed away in Damariscotta, >> Maine >> >> on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most everyone here remembers him and his posts >> to >> >> Usenet. One of his many accomplishments was writing an article for an >> early >> >> Dr. Dobbs magazine on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080 >> >> microprocessor. >> >> >> >> His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of >> >> his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp >> >> website: >> >> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o >> >> >> >> His obituary is at: >> >> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj >> >> >> >> I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet. >> I'm >> >> sure many here will mourn his passing. >> >> > > Chuck responded to one of my early posts with > > <snipped 400 lines of garbage> > > And he was right! > > -- > M Joshua Ryan (lusor-grood) I wonder if "1987-1989 D.S. Davidson Co., North Haven, CT " ever paid royalties on their use of LZW algorithm (patent now lapsed)? But funnily many of us who started back then had to do many of the same things (assemblers, compilers, simulators, running on mainframes, floating point packages, FFT, etc). And the processor changed every few years too. Those were the days.
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C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2012-10-25 15:11 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 philo <" philo"@privacy.net> - 2012-10-25 15:57 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Patrick Scheible <kkt@zipcon.net> - 2012-10-25 14:09 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-25 15:20 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Bruce Morgen <editor@juno.com> - 2012-10-25 21:27 -0400
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-10-25 20:00 -0600
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2012-10-26 08:02 +0100
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Peter Flass <Peter_Flass@Yahoo.com> - 2012-10-26 07:58 -0400
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-10-26 07:54 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2012-10-26 12:58 +0000
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2012-10-27 12:07 -0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "dott.Piergiorgio" <chiedetelo@ask.me> - 2012-10-26 15:24 +0200
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2012-10-27 22:21 +0000
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-10-26 20:25 -0400
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-26 20:55 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-27 06:00 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Bernd Felsche <berfel@innovative.iinet.net.au> - 2012-10-29 11:22 +0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-10-29 07:50 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-29 22:01 +0000
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2012-10-31 18:16 +0000
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Nick Spalding <spalding@iol.ie> - 2012-10-31 18:29 +0000
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2012-10-31 17:14 -0400
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-01 19:19 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Bill Davy" <Bill@SynectixLtd.com> - 2012-11-03 08:18 +0000
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2012-11-09 19:12 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Bruce Morgen <editor@juno.com> - 2012-11-09 19:47 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-11-10 13:56 +1100
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-11-10 00:28 -0600
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-11-10 17:48 +1100
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 hormelfree@gmail.com - 2012-11-09 17:27 -0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2012-11-10 23:42 -0600
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 hormelfree@gmail.com - 2012-11-11 06:45 -0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-11-11 11:17 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-12 12:58 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-11-13 05:02 -0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 hormelfree@gmail.com - 2012-11-13 06:57 -0800
Plonking (was Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012) Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-11-13 20:46 +0000
Re: Plonking (was Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-13 20:13 -0500
Re: Plonking Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-11-14 02:17 +0000
Re: Plonking BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-24 11:19 -0700
Re: Plonking Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-11-24 21:18 +0000
Re: Plonking James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-24 20:25 -0500
Re: Plonking Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-11-25 02:23 +0000
Re: Plonking James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-24 23:02 -0500
Re: Plonking Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-11-25 13:11 +0000
Re: Plonking gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-11-25 14:24 +0000
Re: Plonking Greg Martin <greg@softsprocket.com> - 2012-11-25 09:15 -0800
[OT] Re: Plonking Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-11-25 12:32 -0500
Re: Plonking James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-25 17:42 -0500
Re: Plonking Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-11-25 23:17 +0000
Re: Plonking "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2012-11-25 20:23 -0500
Re: Plonking Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-11-26 03:38 -0800
Re: Plonking BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-26 07:18 -0700
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-17 07:03 -0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2012-11-21 18:45 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-25 05:31 -0800
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2012-11-25 20:14 -0500
Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012 James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-11-11 10:43 -0500
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