Re: I met Chuck Moore today

[DaveSchmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com>]

On Sep 8, 12:08 pm, Toinet <antoine.vig...@laposte.net> wrote:
> On 8 sep, 05:04, DaveSchmenk <dschm...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I just had to share,
> > Dave...
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> Thanks for the story Dave, I understand how you felt!
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> In 2000, my previous boss invited all his employees for a "party" at
> the HQ of the company. And that man was in front of me, introduced by
> my boss. My heart was beating faster, my head was full of questions:
> how? when? why? is that Him? etc. I was quite "blocked" and just
> introduced myself and added "Thank you for what you did.", couldn't
> say more.
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> That man, may he rest in peace, was André Truong, the man behind
> Micral and inventor of one of the first micro-computers.
>
> A really good souvenir,
> antoine

Thanks for sharing your story, Antoine.  There are certainly fewer of
the old guard around, and soon they will be us!

Dave...