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Re: Tandy TRS-80 Engineer Frank Durda IV

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Subject: Re: Tandy TRS-80 Engineer Frank Durda IV
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by: Bill Degnan - Mon, 6 Nov 2023 14:37 UTC

On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 11:38:41 PM UTC-4, Tyrone F. Horneigh wrote:
> On 4/28/18 3:43 AM, turnkit wrote:
> > Sad to note that Frank Durda IV, a quality contributor to this forum, died last month:
> > http://www.trs-80.org/tag/steve-leininger/
> > https://web.archive.org/web/20180428073929/https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/fort-worth-tx/frank-durda-7789060
> >
> > https://web.archive.org/web/20180315064736/https://www.gofundme.com/thefightforfrank
> Wow. This is really sad news. Looking back over the last 13 years of
> comp.sys.tandy (my news server has great retention), Frank is possibly
> the most prolific - and accurate - poster here. Certainly in the top 3.
>
> Frank definitely belongs in the TRS-80 Hall Of Fame. Along with Tim
> Mann, Roy Soltoff, Steve Leininger, Don French and many others.
>
> Anyone have any personal stories/memories to share?

I have a ROM and envelope addressed to Roy Soltoff from Frank Durda IV. Maybe a few other things. You can see at Kennett Classic musuem with Roy's TRS 80 model 4 and a few related artifacts.
Bill Degnan
vintagecomputer.net / kennettclassic.com

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Re: Tandy TRS-80 Engineer Frank Durda IV	Bill Degnan