X-Google-Thread: f996b,3d12aa9882259d48,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!amsnews01.chello.com!amsnews04.chello.com!amstwist00.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: One of the fathers of the ASCII code has passed away. From: "Balaam's Miracle" Organization: Balaam's Miracle's Gothic and Industrial Pages Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera M2/7.50 (Win32, build 3778) Lines: 12 Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:37:07 +0200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.93.197.155 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.nl X-Trace: amstwist00 1088249828 213.93.197.155 (Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:37:08 MEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:37:08 MEST Xref: g2news1.google.com alt.ascii-art:630 DALLAS (Reuters) - Bob Bemer, a computer pioneer who helped develop the ASCII coding system and the technology that led to the "escape" key on keyboards, has died at the age of 84 after battling cancer, his caregiver said on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5509076 Goodbye Bob, and thank you for ASCII... -- Balaam's Miracle (formerly Peter Punk, some may remember me) Visit http://balaamsmiracle.cjb.net , your source to Christian underground music.