[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 175, Issue 16

[Jeff Kruth]

Wow, that name is a blast from the past: Godbout Electronics remember them from Byte magazine as well as 73. Sorry to hear of his passing that way, although I love my cats as well and might have done the same...
---73----Jeff KruthWA3ZKRIn a message dated 11/17/2018 6:05:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, milsurplus-request at mailman.qth.net writes:
" Also killed in the fire was Bill Godbout, 79, an influential figure in the early days of Silicon Valley who ran a popular electronics store. He was well known in thehacker community, and remembered for his quirks, like his license to fly blimps. Robert Tuck, Mr. Godbout's grandson, said that Mr. Godbout had stayed behindas his wife and relatives fled, probably to save his three cats....Mr. Tuck said through tears, 'He was listening to the radio report and thought he had a little moretime.' "
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