Mel the Programmer (aka Mel Kaye)

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Mon Dec 1 12:19:07 2003

On Dec 1, 8:05, Joe Stevenson wrote:
>
> I am unfamiliar with "Mel the Programmer"
>
> What is he best known for (besides this recent information you
cited)?

If you look at the page given below, and follow the first link, you'd
find the story. It's very well known.

> On 11/30/2003 at 8:54 PM Tom Jennings wrote:
>
> >You may have read about the apocryphal Mel the Programmer on the
net...
> >
> >Well it appears that Mel Kaye was a real person, was a master
programmer
> >for the Royal McBee Corp, and wrote little things like boot code for
the
> >LGP-30. Here's some substantiating factoids.
> >
> >http://wps.com/projects/LGP-21/mel-the-programmer.html

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York
Received on Mon Dec 01 2003 - 12:19:07 GMT

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