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Re: Let There Be Dark

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Yes I met him once on a train to Swansea. To pin the year down he had one of 
those luggable Amstrad PCs withe the little fold up screen.
 I seem to recall he also had a mobile phone the size of a house brick. Did 
he not work for  The Atomic Energy authority at one time, or did I dream 
that part.
 Interesting about losing his sight, as of course even then, I was partially 
sighed myself. We were on our m way to get some hands on time at the  unit 
where Sam Coupes were going to be made.
 I recall a bit of a todo between several of us media mob and Bruce Gordon. 
He was adamant that the midi port was the future but we all wanted a printer 
port and rs232.

Brian

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Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email.
 graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them
Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk
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"Geoff Wearmouth" <gwearmouth@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:fe954bd4-9d51-4a53-8e5c-55b8ea0c3770@googlegroups.com...
> Here is a heads-up for your pre-Christmas listening schedule.
> Rupert Goodwins, a programmer for Sinclair Research and Amstrad, 
> journalist  and former ZDNet editor is reflecting on suddenly losing his 
> sight in five BBC radio essays beginning 16th December 2013.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/51/r3-mon-the-essay-let-there-be-dark.html
>
> As a young man he graced the cover of Sinclair User and faultlessly 
> transcribed a section of "The Complete Spectrum ROM Disassembly" for a 
> crowd project on World of Spectrum.
>
> -- 
> G. 

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Let There Be Dark Geoff Wearmouth <gwearmouth@gmail.com> - 2013-11-26 23:18 -0800
  Re: Let There Be Dark "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2013-11-27 08:41 +0000
    Re: Let There Be Dark Geoff Wearmouth <gwearmouth@gmail.com> - 2013-12-02 03:24 -0800
      Re: Let There Be Dark Geoff Wearmouth <gwearmouth@gmail.com> - 2013-12-16 14:09 -0800
  Re: Let There Be Dark Rupert Goodwins <rupertg@gmail.com> - 2013-12-17 05:47 -0800
    Re: Let There Be Dark "Paul E Collins" <equi@cl4.invalid> - 2013-12-18 05:12 +0000
      Re: Let There Be Dark "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2013-12-18 17:35 +0000
      Re: Let There Be Dark deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2013-12-19 13:30 +0000
        Re: Let There Be Dark "Paul E Collins" <equi@cl4.invalid> - 2013-12-19 20:14 +0000
    Re: Let There Be Dark Geoff Wearmouth <gwearmouth@gmail.com> - 2013-12-18 02:23 -0800

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