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[News] George RobbinsANN.lu
Posted on 02-May-2002 19:33 GMT by Tony Rowley17 comments
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George Robbins passed away suddenly on 26 April. We're all still trying to come to grips with his loss - he was a friend and mentor to many of us here at Netaxs. More info can be found at: http://www.netaxs.com/grr-memorial
George Robbins : Comment 1 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by catohagen on 02-May-2002 17:41 GMT
oh...the man behind the B52's song titles on our beloved mobo's, rest in peace!
George Robbins : Comment 2 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Budda on 02-May-2002 17:50 GMT
Oh that is who it was?!
Was getting lost trying to see the relevence...
George Robbins : Comment 3 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by catohagen on 02-May-2002 17:56 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (Budda):
worked for Commodore for almost 10 years, involved in the hardware design of the Commodore 900, Amiga 500, Amiga 600, Amiga 1200, + others
if you check the homepage you would see the relevence :)
George Robbins : Comment 4 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Minuous on 02-May-2002 21:08 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (catohagen):
Commodore 900? Have not heard of that one, but it sounds interesting... anyone know anything about this machine?
George Robbins : Comment 5 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Budda on 02-May-2002 21:26 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (catohagen):
The link wasn't clickable.... and AWeb don't allow me to cut and paste the text :(
George Robbins : Comment 6 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Gareth Knight on 02-May-2002 21:32 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Minuous):
An aborted Commodore Unix box based upon the Z8001. It was cancelled when Commodore decided to focus upon the Amiga. See link for more info:
http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/900.html
Many Commodore users still resent Amiga for ruining their dreams of Unix domination.
George Robbins : Comment 7 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Frank on 02-May-2002 23:54 GMT
This is truly sad... RIP George... You rock...
George Robbins : Comment 8 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by George on 03-May-2002 01:24 GMT
I remember seeing him in Dave Haynie's Deathbed Vigil vid...
Very sad to hear. RIP.
George Robbins : Comment 9 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Frans on 03-May-2002 03:51 GMT
Rest In Peace George,
loved the A2000 B52 Rock Lobster
George Robbins : Comment 10 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Teemu K. on 03-May-2002 11:44 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (Budda):
Select the Control/Dragging -menuitem and then it lets. :)
George Robbins : Comment 11 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 03-May-2002 12:32 GMT
Condolences to everyone who knew George.
It is said that the really good people die young.
Does anyone know what robbed us off George.
To lose someone in their mid forties who is active is unusual.
George Robbins : Comment 12 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by mbpark on 03-May-2002 13:15 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Anonymous):
George died of a heart attack.
I've personally met him. Incredibly nice guy, and always willing to help out. His staff at Netaxs is the same way. I think he was the guy who lent me a 3Com NIC when I needed one to complete a firewall at Netaxs. My company is a colo customer there, and you always saw him out and about making sure everything worked right.
He will be missed.
George Robbins : Comment 13 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by anonymous on 03-May-2002 16:17 GMT
People active in the Amiga community during the early 90s will undoubtedly remember George from his presence in the newsgroups. George tirelessly responded to questions and comments with a level of personal care and patience that made him instantly recognizeable as one the "good guys."
We'll miss you George.
George Robbins : Comment 14 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Matt Parsons on 03-May-2002 17:09 GMT
It's true, he will be sadly missed...
Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Dave Haynie's Deathbed Vigil video... I'd prefer some digital medium as I don't have a VCR...
George Robbins : Comment 15 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Johan on 03-May-2002 18:31 GMT
In reply to Comment 14 (Matt Parsons):
You can found that video on the Amiga Forever 5 from Cloanto. I think it is very hard to found a copy of that video because the people who bought it they will keep it.
// Johan
George Robbins : Comment 16 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by :-( on 03-May-2002 20:10 GMT
:-(
George Robbins : Comment 17 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Raffaele on 03-May-2002 22:42 GMT
Le mie più sentite condoglianze,
We'll miss you George...
Bye,
Raffaele
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