Very sad news to report. Our good friend Roger Amidon died a few days ago. I found out just now. http://www.hopewellmemorial.com/obituaries/Roger-Amidon/#!/Obituary Roger was a founding member of ACGNJ, had the idea for the Trenton Computer Festival (implemented by Sol Libes and Al Katz), and founded Technical Design Labs which made the Xitan computer -- probably the first machine to put a Z-80 in an S-100 system. TDL spun out the people/company that turned in Epson USA. They designed Valdocs for the QX-10, etc. .... but more important than all of that is this: Roger was a great guy. I only knew him for 10 years, but he was always friendly and in a good mood. He cared a lot about groups like MARCH/VCF and always treated us very well. Here's a video of a panel from VCF East 7.0 including Roger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P_I5H_9uvU Herb knew Roger better and for a much longer time than I. I'm sure others here also knew him pretty well, especially the long-time Trenton veterans such as Jeff G. and Andy Meyer. Further information is here: http://www.hopewellmemorial.com/obituaries/Roger-Amidon/#!/Obituary I will go to his memorial service this Friday. - Evan
I’m very sorry to hear of Roger’s passing. He was one of my early ham radio buddies, along with Dr. Al Katz. Both of those guys lived in Verona, NJ, back in our high school days, and Verona was a short bike ride away from my Caldwell home, back then. Condolences to his family, and may he rest in peace. 73 de Ray
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