R.I.P. Barry Watzman

[Herbert Johnson]

I'm sorry to report that Barry Watzman died in May 2010 under tragic
circumstances. Barry was a Heath/Zenith Microcomputer Product Manager
of the 1980's when the Z-100 series systems were designed and sold.
He's supported them both in the era, and personally by providing tech
info. He's posted in numerous newsgroups and
discussion groups on Heath and other computer products.

The tragic account involving investments in RAMBUS is described an on-
line article posted in AOL News for June 6 2010 by Tom Dunkel:

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/06/06/cautionary-tale-a-killing-in-the-stock-market/

..but we know Barry for his Heath/Zenith work. He'll be missed. I have
set up a tribute Web page for him as part of my Heath/Zenith Web pages
at the link below. Those interested can contact me via that Web page.

http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/heath_watzman.html

I only found out today of Barry's passing, by reading the SEBHC Google
group discussion at

http://groups.google.com/group/sebhc

a group for support of Heath 8-bit systems.

Herb Johnson
retrotechnology.com