Wow father time is claiming some good computer users:-(

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redrumloa wrote:
It's hard for me to believe that so much time has passed since the C= & Amiga glory days that father time is claiming alot of good computer users.

I just got a load of C= 8 bit stuff from the estate of a gentleman that apparently died of old age. Going through this stuff makes me a little uneasy just knowing how dedicated of a user he was. Apparently he helped run a local club and when the club folded, he took over the inventory. He was a C= user to his death.

Shame isn't it? It doesn't seem like that long of a time but it is. Old age is claiming some fine users:-(

I suppose what is really sad is that some poor guy's personal (and well loved) collection of computers is going to be divided up and sold to the highest bidder. It would be nice to keep it all together...

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redrumloa wrote:

suppose what is really sad is that some poor guy's personal (and well loved) collection of computers is going to be divided up and sold to the highest bidder. It would be nice to keep it all together...

Well not really. The bulk of the items were sold in one big lot on eBay a few months back, one I got outbid on. I got everthing left over, which were odds and ends, no complete systems. Still everything was labeled and obviously well cared for. I'm sure the guy would have rathered the equipment go to good use and not end up in a landfill.

Yes of course, I'm not saying it's a bad thing... but It still makes me sad...

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Martyn wrote:
dandelion wrote:

Martyn wrote:

And good users aren't the only one's we are losing.  George Robbins, who was one of the designers of the A500, died in April last year.
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That's sad. Checked out his memorial website and realised I knew the chap from the Death Bed Vigil video.

Wonder how he died...

It's thought he died of a heart-attack.  I believe he was found slumped over his desk.

That's horrible!!! :-(

I would have hoped, he would have died in his sleep, peacefully...