Time is a cruel foe that none of us can escape.

I suggest a focus on the departed, and their legacy and the people still here who benefited from Gordon Bell's legacy and lament his loss. It's that legacy that survives through time. If we preserve the association with Bell, his legacy continues. That's a means to deal with the passage of time. As an old person myself, I consider my legacy and otherwise manage the time I have left. Bell did considerable work in establishing a surviving legacy of the work of DEC which he founded with others; and preserving his own works. His efforts and DEC led to our world today of information technology which ironically preserves his own legacy: if his successors keep it available. Regards Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA https://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net