taking care of bad sectors... easy stuff. Was: Re: hard

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu Jul 16 14:54:56 1998

On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Tim Shoppa wrote:

> > > Several years ago, when I was living on Marion Ave in Pasadena CA,
> > > I was quite surprised that a more solidly remembered maker of CP/M
> > > tools, Workman and Associates, was my next door neighbor :-).
> >
> > You do get around, don't you Tim?
>
> Shortly after moving onto Marion, I was sorting through some old
> documentation, saw the address, and thought "Hey, that's right
> next door"!
>
> > Yes, they were a a familiar name. And I think may be still around -
> > though I doubt much involved with CP/M these days.
>
> A quick web search shows many mentions of Workman and Associates
> in Jerry Pournelle's columns, undoubtedly because his son Alex
> works there! Poor Jerry - only guy I ever knew to be kicked
> off the ARPAnet...
 
I was going to mention that fact, Tim, but some freudian mental block
kept me from accessing Jerry's name :->
                                                 - don
Received on Thu Jul 16 1998 - 14:54:56 BST