[Coco] [Color Computer] william barden

[gene heskett]

On Friday, July 08, 2011 01:20:02 PM Boisy G. Pitre did opine:

> Gene,
> 
> I don't know where you get this information, but I just talked to Bill
> Barden on the phone.  He's a nice guy and was surprised to hear that
> people thought he had passed.
> 
> I started here:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barden,_Jr.

The wikipedia response I just got says it never heard of him.  The page is 
100%  404 & asks if I want to create it.
 
> then went to here:
> 
> http://williambardenjr.com/Personal.htm
> 
> and got his contact information.
> 
Pages are alive and well.  I am half tempted to call him and apologize in 
my best Mark Twain (Hall Holbrook) voice.

> I repeat: Bill Barden is very much alive!

Glad to hear it!
 
> Best Regards,
> Boisy G. Pitre
> http://www.tee-boy.com/
> 
> On Jul 8, 2011, at 9:23 AM, gene heskett wrote:
> > On Friday, July 08, 2011 10:21:13 AM chargeron did opine:
> >> Is selling his TRS-80 and COCO books on Amazon.com
> >> 
> >> He has a new book he recently wrote... Thunderclap as well - $2.99
> > 
> > This would not be the William Barden we knew.  His widow maybe.  AFAIK
> > he passed several years ago.
> > 
> >> Check them out...
> >> 
> >> Ron Delvaux

Boisy, I can recall it being discussed on this list, maybe 2 years ago, and 
I wasn't the originator at that time, but I did go check out the funeral 
homes obit that I got from a google search, and it sure read like the 
William Barden we all knew.  Since he was a Jr., perhaps it was his father?  
I don't have any data on that.  And I am very sorry to find I was repeating 
a rumor.  That is one I won't repeat again that's for sure.

That he is alive and well, it is to me no small cause for giving thanks.

His books on assembly language programming for both the 6809 and the Z-80 
taught me a lot.  We won't mention the mistakes that may have been like a 
cartographers map, if he saw them repeated, pretty solid evidence of 
copyright infringement.

Cheers, gene
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