* [COFF] NYTimes.com: C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89
@ 2024-05-22 20:00 Clem Cole
2024-05-22 20:23 ` [COFF] " Dan Cross
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From: Clem Cole @ 2024-05-22 20:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Computer Old Farts Followers
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free
without a subscription.
C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89
It cost $18,000 when it was introduced in 1965, but it bridged the world
between room-size mainframes and the modern desktop.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/technology/c-gordon-bell-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.KCKI.tLvZxBitrHP2&smid=em-share
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* [COFF] Re: NYTimes.com: C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89
2024-05-22 20:00 [COFF] NYTimes.com: C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89 Clem Cole
@ 2024-05-22 20:23 ` Dan Cross
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From: Dan Cross @ 2024-05-22 20:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Clem Cole; +Cc: Computer Old Farts Followers
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On Wed, May 22, 2024, 4:17 PM Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:
> Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for
> free without a subscription.
>
> C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89
>
> It cost $18,000 when it was introduced in 1965, but it bridged the world
> between room-size mainframes and the modern desktop.
>
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/technology/c-gordon-bell-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.KCKI.tLvZxBitrHP2&smid=em-share
>
As I understand it, the lede is very often out of the control of the
article's author, but this one very much undersells it!
- Dan C.
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