[vcf-midatlantic] Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker

[Evan Koblentz]

>> His main claim to fame was adaptive equalization which essentially
enabled telephone line modems to handle 9600 baud

I'm aiming higher. Looking for someone more directly involved in computer
history.

On Feb 18, 2018 5:40 PM, "Glenn Roberts" <glenn.f.roberts at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes Bob is mostly known in IEEE circles and a veteran of Bell Labs and
> Bellcore.  His main claim to fame was adaptive equalization which
> essentially enabled telephone line modems to handle 9600 baud (a fourfold
> advancement in performance at the time).  He would be a good speaker to
> look back at the evolution of IT (he authored the "Reflections" column for
> IEEE Spectrum for many years, see http://www.boblucky.com/spectrum.htm )
>
> He's been around the industry a very long time and would probably be able
> to reflect on the evolution of computing and information technology (and
> the future).   And he still lives in the area.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Evan Koblentz [mailto:evan at vcfed.org]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 1:55 PM
> > To: Glenn Roberts <glenn.f.roberts at gmail.com>; 'vcf-midatlantic' <vcf-
> > midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org>
> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker
> >
> >
> > > I know bob lucky (http://www.boblucky.com/).  He's local (NJ).
> >
> > Not familiar with him, but I checked out his web site. Lots of Bell Labs
> /
> > Telcordia experience .... what is his role in computer history?
>
>