Rest In Peace.

I was a pre-teen when I first learned to program on a TRS-80 Model 1. I was, at the time, an expert in BASIC and Z80 assembly.

At the same time I was asking my parents for quarters to play space invaders. And that's where I feel this article.

These are the shoulders I stood on. There were people who made that first generation of video games and personal computers. I benefited from their work. Their work launched me into what has been a great career.

But they are aging out and dying. Their work was foundational. And, at least to me, inspirational.