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Re:The Soul of an Old Machine: Revisiting the Timeless von N... by rjsw on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @01:59PM (#42118483)
He didn't join a commune though, still working [1].

[1] http://www.polybus.com/hdlmaker/Resume.html

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Re:The Soul of an Old Machine: Revisiting the Timeless von N... by cmrdporcupine on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @03:25PM (#42119362)
Wow, I love that web page / resume and that era of HTML authorship. Brings back memories.
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Re:The Soul of an Old Machine: Revisiting the Timeless von N... by toast0 on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @06:21PM (#42121064)
His resume doesn't really indicate he didn't join a commune. Leaving Data General in 1979 and joining ComputerVision in 1979 wouldn't preclude joining a commune for a season. However, a letter to the editor in 1981 [1] provides evidence that he left Data General specifically to work for ComputerVision, with both events happening in Spring.

[1] https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1982/02/18/man-and-supermin...

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Re:The Soul of an Old Machine: Revisiting the Timeless von N... by rjsw on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @08:39PM (#42122049)
There is a paper on the ComputerVision design in an AMD handbook from 1986 [1] (big PDF).

[1] http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.bitsavers.org/compone...

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