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Gordon Bell has died
Bell architected DEC's VAX minicomputers, championed computer history, mentored at Microsoft.
Born in 1934 in Kirksville, Missouri, Gordon Bell earned degrees in electrical engineering from MIT before being recruited in 1960 by DEC founders Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson. The initiative aimed to realize Vannevar Bush's vision of a system that could store all the documents, photos, and audio a person experienced in their lifetime. As news of Bell's passing spread on social media Tuesday, industry veterans began sharing their memories and condolences.
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