> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:26:26 -0800 (PST) > From: Fred Cisin <ci...@xenosoft.com> > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Parasitic Engineering Altair Clock Fix Kit... > Message-ID: <pine.lnx.4.64.2002201714270.19...@shell.lmi.net> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Howard Fullmer created a "beefier" power supply for the Altair. Ed > Roberts said that people selling aftermarket peripherals were "parasites", > so Howard named his company "Parasitic Engineering". > > He later produced the "Shuffleboard" (daughterboard) set for TRS80 that > changed the memory map to be CP/M compatible, and an adapter > (daughterboard) to change the exp-ansion interface to support 8" single > density. (4th West Coast Computer Faire 1979) > > He and George Morrow put out early proposals for standardizing S100. > > Later, he was chief engineer for Morrow. > > He is no longer at the same addresses in north Berkeley and Albany. > I heard a rumor that he had died, but I have been unable to find more > information. George Morrow, who would know, is also dead. > > -- > Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
It appears that he died on 4/25/96 at age 48. His last address was in Hayward. -W
