Re: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

You can see him in the YouTube video he posted at the beginning of the month about his HP 2116 restoration. Very sad indeed. https://youtu.be/Kko526UpHsM Marc

Re: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

It addition to all of the resources that were directly available through http://www.hpmuseum.net/ there were also resources available if you asked. I wanted a copy of some HP-UX installation CD images for my 9000/382 and Jon was happy to provide those to me after sending him an email. His loss is

RE: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

Al wrote... This is horrible news. The last project we worked on was my recovery of a bunch of HP3000 tapes from him a few years ago. Yep. The last email I got from him ended with: I will be out of communication from Apr 5 to June 3 (on climbing expedition in Tibet). I got an u

Re: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

Ops...Sorry :( 2016-04-28 4:24 GMT-03:00 Tor Arntsen : > On 28 April 2016 at 09:16, Alexandre Souza > wrote: > > And hpmuseum seems to be offline right now :( > > It's online, but you may have tried the link in Rik's post, which has a > typo. >

Re: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

On 28 April 2016 at 09:16, Alexandre Souza wrote: > And hpmuseum seems to be offline right now :( It's online, but you may have tried the link in Rik's post, which has a typo.

Re: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

And hpmuseum seems to be offline right now :( 2016-04-28 3:52 GMT-03:00 Pontus Pihlgren : > That is sad news :( > > I've had good use of his work. > > /Pontus. > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:48:46AM +0200, Rik Bos wrote: > > This morning I got the sad message of the passing of Jon Johnston the >

Re: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

That is sad news :( I've had good use of his work. /Pontus. On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:48:46AM +0200, Rik Bos wrote: > This morning I got the sad message of the passing of Jon Johnston the > curator of the HP Museum website www.hpmusem.net. > > More info at : >

Re: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

On 4/27/16 6:26 AM, Jay West wrote: > Yes, I got the same email a few minutes ago. Very sad. I just had an email > from him a couple weeks ago, I was preparing to send him some manuals for > the museum. > > This is horrible news. The last project we worked on was my recovery of a bunch of HP3

Re: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

Jon was always helpful always cheerful and never snarky this issad very sad indeed we have lost an ally. Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC In a message dated 4/27/2016 10:09:08 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, curiousma...@gmail.com writes: Oh, what a terrible news. His website is s

Re: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

Oh, what a terrible news. His website is such a tremendous resource for HP collectors. Researched, organized, encyclopedic. I don’t know how many times I used it just to get accurate history and technical information on what I was acquiring, and then for the ensuing restorations. And he linked b

RE: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

> > I did not know Jon, but wow, what an incredible resource he built for vintage > HP computer enthusiasts. It would be a big loss to see it go away. I had never met Jon, but I think it is obvious from the contents of his site that we corresponded a few times. He was a great man and will be s

Re: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

> -- > This morning I got the sad message of the passing of Jon Johnston the > curator of the HP Museum website www.hpmuseum.net. > -- > > The website is a/the major resource for vintage HP folks, I'm hoping > arrangements are in place to ensure it continues. If not, classiccmp.org > stan

RE: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston

Rik wrote... -- This morning I got the sad message of the passing of Jon Johnston the curator of the HP Museum website www.hpmusem.net. -- Yes, I got the same email a few minutes ago. Very sad. I just had an email from him a couple weeks ago, I was preparing to send him some manuals for the