Looking for William Coleman (aka Master Blaster)
Hi,
I've just been re-reading geoWorld magazines as one does during the long
cold days of winter while waiting for the cold and snow to disappear and
see in Issue #19 that William Coleman, in his Inside GEOS column, mentions
having created a disk of the subroutines that he has discussed in the
magazine plus many others that he knows people would benefit from
rather than having to write a ton of their own new code.
William wrote a lot of quality GEOS software so I think this disk would be
beneficial for many.
He lists an address in Green Cove Springs, FL and I could drop a letter in
the post but is it reasonable that he is still at the same address all
these decades later?
So, I post this request here.
Does anyone have contact info for William?
Does William still have his GEOS software?
Does anyone else have Master Blaster's disk of GEOS subroutines?
Or basically any other GEOS source code that could be used by people
wanting to take advantage of the new and improved Hitchhiker's Guide to
GEOS that got released in Jan 2023?
Thanks
Bruce
On Mon, March 4, 2024 2:21 pm, Bruce Thomas wrote:
He lists an address in Green Cove Springs, FL and I could drop a letter
in the post but is it reasonable that he is still at the same address all
these decades later?
That may be the only way to do it.
So, I post this request here.
Does anyone have contact info for William?
Well, I did a quick web search for William Coleman in Green Cove
Springs, and all I found was a William (39 years old) and another
William who passed away in 2013 at the age of 80.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
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Master Blaster was maybe a teen when he was writing GEOS code for the
Commodore, so the 39 year old might just be him.
On Mon, Mar 4, 2024, 7:25 PM rbernardo@iglou.com wrote:
On Mon, March 4, 2024 2:21 pm, Bruce Thomas wrote:
He lists an address in Green Cove Springs, FL and I could drop a letter
in the post but is it reasonable that he is still at the same address all
these decades later?
That may be the only way to do it.
So, I post this request here.
Does anyone have contact info for William?
Well, I did a quick web search for William Coleman in Green Cove
Springs, and all I found was a William (39 years old) and another
William who passed away in 2013 at the age of 80.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group -
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2024-
http://www.portcommodore.com/class
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On Mon, March 4, 2024 8:44 pm, Alan Dickey wrote:
Master Blaster was maybe a teen when he was writing GEOS code for the
Commodore, so the 39 year old might just be him.
If that is the case, then his info is at
https://www.floridaresidentsdirectory.com/person/107488721/coleman-william
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group -
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
April 13-14 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2024 -
http://www.portcommodore.com/class
Thanks for checking Alan and Robert.
Most of the GEOS dox call him Willaim C. Coleman so that directory entry
isn't correct.
Maybe I'll support Canada Post and the US Mail.
Bruce
On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 11:47 AM rbernardo@iglou.com wrote:
On Mon, March 4, 2024 8:44 pm, Alan Dickey wrote:
Master Blaster was maybe a teen when he was writing GEOS code for the
Commodore, so the 39 year old might just be him.
If that is the case, then his info is at
https://www.floridaresidentsdirectory.com/person/107488721/coleman-william