then..... who was..... the TRUE first? Ed# In a message dated 9/10/2017 11:08:54 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:
> RIP Jerry Pournelle, the first author to write a novel on a computer FIRST??!? By now, you should know better than to EVER use that word in the presence of those who were there during the history - it's comparable to saying that Steve Jobs invented the first computer, or that billg invented the first software. NO. He was an early adopter. He was a major influence. He was a friend. (and sometimes a pompous buffoon of a friend) My booth staff at Comdex and West Coast Computer Faire were under strict orders to get a beer into his hand as soon as they saw him. We got some free ink, and not just for the cold beer. He and Roberta [Pournelle] convinced "Bait" to specialize in computers in her booth-bimbo career, surprised that she didn't end up CEO of HP or the like. (In my company, similar to Autodesk, people chose their own job titles. I was "Programmer". My assistant eventually changed from "Emperor of The Galaxy" to "VP") But, there were MANY obscure, mostly unpublished, manuscripts among the VERY first uses of word processing. Well before Jerry got into computers. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com On Sun, 10 Sep 2017, Ed via cctalk wrote: > RIP Jerry Pournelle, the first author to write a novel on a computer > > > Early adopter > by Andrew Liptak > > > https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/9/16279582/jerry-pournelle-science-fiction-a > uthor-writing-computers-obituary > > > > sad.... Ed# > -- Fred Cisin ci...@xenosoft.com XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com PO Box 1236 (510) 234-3397 Berkeley, CA 94701-1236
