[DiogenesLamp]

I often went drinking with this guy in those early days.

It is a blessing to have such a ring side seat when significant history is being made. Many people never manage such a close proximity with greatness.

I Very much admire the talent of these early pioneers, though they were before my time.

[blam]

"It is a blessing to have such a ring side seat when significant history is being made. Many people never manage such a close proximity with greatness. "

It is absolutely amazing the people I met through my small relationship with Bob. He was a super-star in his own time...I was only a run-of-the-mill technician.When reading a history of early silicon-valley, I met/knew many.

Amazingly, in late 1975, I went to TI and met the man ( Jack Kilby) who got the Nobel Prize in physics for inventing the intergrated circuit (chip).