C.B. Falconer, RIP 1931-2012

C

Charles Richmond

I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He used to
be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and comp.lang.c. He
had a long and involved history with computers and programming. He was born
in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and passed away in Damariscotta, Maine
on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most everyone here remembers him and his posts to
Usenet. One of his many accomplishments was writing an article for an early
Dr. Dobbs magazine on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080
microprocessor.

His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp
website:

http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o

His obituary is at:

http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj

I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet. I'm
sure many here will mourn his passing.
 
P

philo

I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He
used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
comp.lang.c. He had a long and involved history with computers and
programming. He was born in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and
passed away in Damariscotta, Maine on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most
everyone here remembers him and his posts to Usenet. One of his many
accomplishments was writing an article for an early Dr. Dobbs magazine
on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080 microprocessor.

His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp
website:

http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o

His obituary is at:

http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj

I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet.
I'm sure many here will mourn his passing.


Thanks for the info. Sorry to hear the news.
 
P

Patrick Scheible

Charles Richmond said:
I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away.

Oh, that's very sad. Thanks for letting us know.

-- Patrick
 
K

Keith Thompson

Charles Richmond said:
I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He
used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
comp.lang.c. He had a long and involved history with computers and
programming. He was born in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and
passed away in Damariscotta, Maine on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most
everyone here remembers him and his posts to Usenet. One of his many
accomplishments was writing an article for an early Dr. Dobbs magazine
on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080 microprocessor.

Sad news indeed. Thank you for posting this.
 
B

Bruce Morgen

Charles Richmond said:
I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He used to
be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and comp.lang.c. He
had a long and involved history with computers and programming. He was born
in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and passed away in Damariscotta, Maine
on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most everyone here remembers him and his posts to
Usenet. One of his many accomplishments was writing an article for an early
Dr. Dobbs magazine on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080
microprocessor.

His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp
website:

http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o

His obituary is at:

http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj

I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet. I'm
sure many here will mourn his passing.

I benefitted from Chuck's
work years before I had
access to Usenet -- and in
all my time programming in
the CP/M world, I never
encountered a more solidly
bulletproof tool than his
"DDTZ" debugger, a true
masterpiece that got me
out of more jams than I
could count back in the
day. R.I.P.
 
J

Joe Pfeiffer

I am very, very sorry to learn this. While I never met him in person, I
remember his many valuable contributions to this newsgroup. I hope that
if anyone is in contact with his family they will convey my condolences.
 
A

Ahem A Rivet's Shot

I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He used
to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and comp.lang.c.

A sad loss, I've been misssing him for some time.

Thank you for letting us all know.
 
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Peter Flass

I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He
used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
comp.lang.c.

Oh No :-( People drift in and out here so you lose track of them, but
as I recall Chuck always had something interesting to say. I'm so sad.
 
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Les Cargill

Charles said:
I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He
used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
comp.lang.c. He had a long and involved history with computers and
programming. He was born in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and
passed away in Damariscotta, Maine on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most
everyone here remembers him and his posts to Usenet. One of his many
accomplishments was writing an article for an early Dr. Dobbs magazine
on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080 microprocessor.

His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp
website:

http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o

His obituary is at:

http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj

I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet.
I'm sure many here will mourn his passing.


very sad. Still, he had a good run.
 
D

dott.Piergiorgio

Il 25/10/2012 22:11, Charles Richmond ha scritto:
I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He
used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
comp.lang.c. He had a long and involved history with computers and
programming. He was born in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and
passed away in Damariscotta, Maine on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most
everyone here remembers him and his posts to Usenet. One of his many
accomplishments was writing an article for an early Dr. Dobbs magazine
on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080 microprocessor.

sirs, please stand up and raise glass !

Best regards from Italy,
dott. Piergiorgio.
 
G

Gene Wirchenko

I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He used to
be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and comp.lang.c. He

Thank you for the news, bad though it is. I am sorry to hear of
his death.

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko
 
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Nick Keighley

I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away.  He used to
be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and comp.lang.c.  He
had a long and involved history with computers and programming.  He wasborn
in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and passed away in Damariscotta, Maine
on June 4, 2012.  I'm sure most everyone here remembers him and his posts to
Usenet. One of his many accomplishments was writing an article for an early
Dr. Dobbs magazine on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080
microprocessor.

His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp
website:

http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o

His obituary is at:

http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj

I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet.  I'm
sure many here will mourn his passing.

thanks for posting this. He'll be missed.
 
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Niklas Karlsson

Il 25/10/2012 22:11, Charles Richmond ha scritto:

sirs, please stand up and raise glass !

To Chuck!

I've long appreciated his posts in afc and clc. Like many others I've
wondered where he went.

Niklas
 
M

Malcolm McLean

I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away.
Eternal rest, grant unto him O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.

May he rest in peace.
 
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BruceS

I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He
used to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
comp.lang.c. He had a long and involved history with computers and
programming. He was born in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and
passed away in Damariscotta, Maine on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most
everyone here remembers him and his posts to Usenet. One of his many
accomplishments was writing an article for an early Dr. Dobbs magazine
on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080 microprocessor.

His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp
website:

http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o

His obituary is at:

http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj

I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet.
I'm sure many here will mourn his passing.

Thank you for the update. This is sad news, and you are certainly not
the only person he helped. Many here will miss him.
 
T

Tim McCaffrey

I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He used to
be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and comp.lang.c. He
had a long and involved history with computers and programming. He was born
in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and passed away in Damariscotta, Maine
on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most everyone here remembers him and his posts to
Usenet. One of his many accomplishments was writing an article for an early
Dr. Dobbs magazine on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080
microprocessor.

His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp
website:

http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o

His obituary is at:

http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj

I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet. I'm
sure many here will mourn his passing.

While I didn't get any help from C.B., I did appreciate his posts. I
remembered his name from the DDJ article ("Falconer Floating point, 16 bit
floating point for the 8080", complete with Trig and Transcendental functions
IIRC).

He is one of the people I have noticed not posting here, including some other
people I have occasionally wondered about: Roland Hutchinson and Frank McCoy
for instance (and there was another guy that posted from Barrow, AK, I can't
remember his name). I actually live close enough to Roland I could go see
one of his "concerts".

- Tim
 
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Nick Spalding

Tim McCaffrey wrote, in <[email protected]>
While I didn't get any help from C.B., I did appreciate his posts. I
remembered his name from the DDJ article ("Falconer Floating point, 16 bit
floating point for the 8080", complete with Trig and Transcendental functions
IIRC).

He is one of the people I have noticed not posting here, including some other
people I have occasionally wondered about: Roland Hutchinson and Frank McCoy
for instance (and there was another guy that posted from Barrow, AK, I can't
remember his name).

Floyd Paterson I think.
 
M

Michael Black

Floyd Paterson I think.
I think that's Floyd Davison or Davidson. He seems less active to the
newsgroups in recent years, but I've seen him in the digital photography
newsgroup in recent months, and I think in one of the Linux newsgroups.
I had the impression he came and went, posting for a bit, then
disappearing, returning later.

Michael
 
L

luser- -droog

I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away. He used to

be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and comp.lang.c. He

had a long and involved history with computers and programming. He was born

in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and passed away in Damariscotta, Maine

on June 4, 2012. I'm sure most everyone here remembers him and his posts to

Usenet. One of his many accomplishments was writing an article for an early

Dr. Dobbs magazine on implementing floating point on the Intel 8080

microprocessor.



His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of

his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the ClassicCmp

website:



http://tinyurl.com/8fudn4o



His obituary is at:



http://tinyurl.com/8ahongj



I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on Usenet. I'm

sure many here will mourn his passing.

Chuck responded to one of my early posts with

<snipped 400 lines of garbage>

And he was right!
 

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