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Tech News and Views � Father of the Macintosh, Jef Raskin passes away :: Technology related information  by dmv at  9:21 am EST, Feb 28, 2005 |  
] The man highly regarded as the father of the ] revolutionary Macintosh computer passed away on Friday ] peacefully. Jef Raskin was Apple's #31 employee who ] was a professor by education but turned consultant. He ] wrote the Apple II's BASIC manual in 1976 and later ] joined the same company 2 years later. Some years later, ] he envisioned the Macintosh computer as a departure from ] computers of those days.  |  
  
 
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RE: Tech News and Views � Father of the Macintosh, Jef Raskin passes away :: Technology related information  by flynn23 at 10:59 am EST, Feb 28, 2005 |  
dmv wrote: ] ] The man highly regarded as the father of the ] ] revolutionary Macintosh computer passed away on Friday ] ] peacefully. Jef Raskin was Apple's #31 employee who ] ] was a professor by education but turned consultant. He ] ] wrote the Apple II's BASIC manual in 1976 and later ] ] joined the same company 2 years later. Some years later, ] ] he envisioned the Macintosh computer as a departure from ] ] computers of those days. This is a sad day indeed, since most of Jef's real visions and prognostications have yet to be fully realized.  |  
  
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