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From: Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com>
To: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
Cc: Computer Old Farts Followers <coff@tuhs.org>
Subject: [COFF] Re: NYTimes.com: C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 16:23:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEoi9W54TttFyD2Q_wGa+LgUN3mdVM011hbffdojdR3qqZrjrg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2MEr4n7BbwnHzO9wxpqRqUE7kLae5YJGFMck3XUAtGUrQ@mail.gmail.com>

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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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>

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      reply	other threads:[~2024-05-22 20:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-22 20:00 [COFF] " Clem Cole
2024-05-22 20:23 ` Dan Cross [this message]

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