Re: Sandy Mossberg

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Nov 19, 4:08 pm, Paul Guertin <p...@sff.net> wrote:
> Sandy Mossberg had a regular column in Nibble magazine called
> "Disassembly Lines" in which he disassembled most of Applesoft,
> DOS 3.3 and ProDOS. After leaving the Apple II world, he moved
> to Florida to enjoy his retirement and became an avid bird
> photographer.
>
> His web sitewww.sandymossberg.comdoesn't exist anymore, and
> was last updated in 2005 according to the Internet Archive.
> In his biohttp://web.archive.org/web/20051220012737/http://www.sandymossberg.co...
> he says that he is 75 years old.
>
> His last posts to the Naturescapes.net bird photography forum
> date from 2005.
>
> I sent him a short email message in 2006 but never received a
> reply.
>
> One page from a Florida nature photographerhttp://floridanaturephotography.net/bio_thanks.html
> makes reference to "the late Mr. Sandy Mossberg".
>
> I cannot confirm, but it looks like Sandy Mossberg might have
> died some time ago.

When I picked up Nibble from the newsagent each month, I would
immediately flip to the contents and locate "Disassembly Lines".

Sandy Mossberg was one of those rare individuals who in addition to
being an absolute master of the art of programming, also had fabulous
command of the written word. His articles were actually fun to read,
not just for the brilliant technical content, but for his eloquent and
witty brogue.

I was through Sandy's columns that I discovered not just a love of
6502 programming, but also a love of the Merlin assembler and ProSEL.
I believe Sandy and Glen (Bredon) were acquainted; I recall one
"Disassembly Lines" article on Auxiliary memory usage on the Apple II
being written by Glen.

Thank you Sandy, for the journey, and the wonderful memories.

Matt