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I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He used to
be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and comp.lang.c. He
had a long and involved history with computers and programming. He was born
in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and passed away in Damariscotta, Maine
on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most everyone here remembers him and his posts to
Usenet. One of his many accomplishments was writing an article for an early
Dr. Dobbs magazine on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080
microprocessor.

His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp
website:

http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o

His obituary is at:

http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj

I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet. I'm
sure many here will mourn his passing.

--

numerist at aquaporin4 dot com

On 10/25/2012 03:11 PM, Charles Richmond wrote:
> I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He
> used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
> comp.lang.c. He had a long and involved history with computers and
> programming. He was born in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and
> passed away in Damariscotta, Maine on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most
> everyone here remembers him and his posts to Usenet. One of his many
> accomplishments was writing an article for an early Dr. Dobbs magazine
> on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080 microprocessor.
>
> His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
> his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp
> website:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o
>
> His obituary is at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj
>
> I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet.
> I'm sure many here will mourn his passing.
>
> --
>
> numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
>


Thanks for the info. Sorry to hear the news.

--
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"Charles Richmond" <> writes:

> I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away.

Oh, that's very sad. Thanks for letting us know.

-- Patrick

"Charles Richmond" <> writes:
> I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He
> used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
> comp.lang.c. He had a long and involved history with computers and
> programming. He was born in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and
> passed away in Damariscotta, Maine on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most
> everyone here remembers him and his posts to Usenet. One of his many
> accomplishments was writing an article for an early Dr. Dobbs magazine
> on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080 microprocessor.

Sad news indeed. Thank you for posting this.

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst- <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Will write code for food.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

"Charles Richmond" <> wrote:

>I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He used to
>be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and comp.lang.c. He
>had a long and involved history with computers and programming. He was born
>in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and passed away in Damariscotta, Maine
>on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most everyone here remembers him and his posts to
>Usenet. One of his many accomplishments was writing an article for an early
>Dr. Dobbs magazine on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080
>microprocessor.
>
>His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
>his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp
>website:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o
>
>His obituary is at:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj
>
>I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet. I'm
>sure many here will mourn his passing.

I benefitted from Chuck's
work years before I had
access to Usenet -- and in
all my time programming in
the CP/M world, I never
encountered a more solidly
bulletproof tool than his
"DDTZ" debugger, a true
masterpiece that got me
out of more jams than I
could count back in the
day. R.I.P.

I am very, very sorry to learn this. While I never met him in person, I
remember his many valuable contributions to this newsgroup. I hope that
if anyone is in contact with his family they will convey my condolences.

"Charles Richmond" <> writes:

> I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He
> used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
> comp.lang.c. He had a long and involved history with computers and
> programming. He was born in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and
> passed away in Damariscotta, Maine on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most
> everyone here remembers him and his posts to Usenet. One of his many
> accomplishments was writing an article for an early Dr. Dobbs magazine
> on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080 microprocessor.
>
> His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
> his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the
> ClassicCmp website:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o
>
> His obituary is at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj
>
> I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet.
> I'm sure many here will mourn his passing.
>
> --
>
> numerist at aquaporin4 dot com

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:11:12 -0500
"Charles Richmond" <> wrote:

> I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He used
> to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and comp.lang.c.

A sad loss, I've been misssing him for some time.

Thank you for letting us all know.

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On 10/25/2012 4:11 PM, Charles Richmond wrote:
> I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He
> used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
> comp.lang.c.

Oh No People drift in and out here so you lose track of them, but
as I recall Chuck always had something interesting to say. I'm so sad.

--
Pete

Charles Richmond wrote:
> I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He
> used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
> comp.lang.c. He had a long and involved history with computers and
> programming. He was born in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and
> passed away in Damariscotta, Maine on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most
> everyone here remembers him and his posts to Usenet. One of his many
> accomplishments was writing an article for an early Dr. Dobbs magazine
> on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080 microprocessor.
>
> His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
> his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp
> website:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o
>
> His obituary is at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj
>
> I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet.
> I'm sure many here will mourn his passing.
>
> --
>
> numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
>


very sad. Still, he had a good run.

--
Les Cargill

Il 25/10/2012 22:11, Charles Richmond ha scritto:
> I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He
> used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
> comp.lang.c. He had a long and involved history with computers and
> programming. He was born in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and
> passed away in Damariscotta, Maine on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most
> everyone here remembers him and his posts to Usenet. One of his many
> accomplishments was writing an article for an early Dr. Dobbs magazine
> on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080 microprocessor.

sirs, please stand up and raise glass !

Best regards from Italy,
dott. Piergiorgio.