• Tracy Kidder, Author of 'The Soul of a New Machine', Dies At 80

    From Errol Casey@VERT/TL-QWK to All on Thursday, March 26, 2026 15:39:25
    Tracy Kidder, Author of 'The Soul of a New Machine', Dies At 80 ===============================================================

    Ancient Slashdot reader wiredog writes: Tracy Kidder, author of "The Soul of a New Machine," has died at the age of 80. "The Soul of a New Machine" is about the people who designed and built the Data General Nova, one of the 32 bit superminis that were released in the 1980's just before the PC destroyed that industry. It was excerpted in The Atlantic.

    "I'm going to a commune in Vermont and will deal with no unit of time shorter than a season."





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    I was an operator on a Data General Nova at NCSU while an undergraduate.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Errol Casey on Saturday, March 28, 2026 12:25:08
    Errol Casey wrote to All <=-

    "I'm going to a commune in Vermont and will deal with no unit of time shorter than a season."

    I was just thinking of that line, yesterday. Work's been hectic, but
    nothing like life at Data General.

    RIP, and thanks for the memories.

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