On 13/07/2016 1:59 AM, Somebody wrote:
> Il 12/07/2016 17:14, Martinf ha scritto:
>> I could totally be wrong here, but I thought I remembered a posting
>>  to this group, or one similar, when the FGM was released to the
>>  public for free usage, that mentioned the author passing away.
>
> I don't know but in 2007 this article was posted on this NG by Robert
> Bernardo
> (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.sys.cbm/JzfGW6xROec)
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>> I remember the author lived just a bit up the
>> state from where I lived...
>
>      I haven't heard from Ron Hackley in years.  I wonder if he
> is still well in Roseburg.
>
>> ...but I missed the meeting where he demoed the
>
>> program...kind of regret that now.
>
>      Ron and his late wife, Ruth, made the many keystrokes of
> FGM seem easy.  It was quite a program.
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> It seems to imply that the name of the author was Ron, not Rod.


Rod Gasson and his wife Gaelyne live in South Australia so I think we
have a case of mistaken identity.

Many years ago Rod was so kind as to offer specific advice on how to
repair a VHS video recorder for which I could not locate a schematic.

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