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:
> 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:
"Charles Richmond" <numer...@aquaporin4.com> writes:
> 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.
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"Charles Richmond" <numer...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>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:
>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.
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.
"Charles Richmond" <numer...@aquaporin4.com> writes:
> 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:
"Charles Richmond" <numer...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
> 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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> 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.
Charles Richmond wrote:
> 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:
Charles Richmond wrote:
> 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.
I've been wondering for years where he went. Thanks for telling me.
> 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.
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:11:12 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
<numer...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>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.
Probably like many others I've come across Chuck's works and gotten much from them, although I never had direct contact with him. A shame to lose him. Thanks for taking the time to notify everyone.
<numer...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>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:
>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.
mi dispiace,
rispondo in italiano poiche' non ho qui il vocabolario di inglese...
anche se penso non mi gradiva come postatore di articoli,
a me era simpatico e diceva molte cose vere;
mi ricordo che mi collegai al suo sito internet, e vidi un
immagine di un bambino; doveva essere il suo nipote...
> 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:
In article <PM0004CCF64278B...@ac81c45c.ipt.aol.com>, See.ab...@aol.com
(jmfbahciv) writes:
> I've been wondering for years where he went. Thanks for telling me.
Me too. Rest in peace, Chuck.
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"Charles Richmond" <numer...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>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.
Very sad to read that. He will be missed.
I trust that the bereaved will find some comfort and joy in their
memories of Chuck.
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:11:12 -0500, Charles Richmond wrote:
> 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:
>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:
>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".
> In article <k6c6db$tp...@dont-email.me>, numer...@aquaporin4.com says...
> >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:
> >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).
Floyd Paterson I think.
> I actually live close enough to Roland I could go see > one of his "concerts".
On Wed, 31 Oct 2012, Nick Spalding wrote:
>> 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.
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.
> 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:
> [link]
> His obituary is at:
> [link]
> 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.
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