[COFF] NYTimes.com: C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89

Dan Cross crossd at gmail.com
Thu May 23 06:23:34 AEST 2024


On Wed, May 22, 2024, 4:17 PM Clem Cole <clemc at 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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