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John Walker, Founder of Autodesk, Dies At 74
John Walker, the founder of computer-aided design software company Autodesk and co-author of AutoCAD, passed away on February 2nd. He was 74. Consultant and programmer Owen Wengerd shared the news on behalf of John's family (via Scanalyst, a website created by John): It is with great sadness that w...
John Walker, the founder of computer-aided design software company Autodesk and co-author of AutoCAD, passed away on February 2nd. Declining to follow in his family tradition of becoming a medical doctor, John attended Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) to pursue a future in astronomy. In late 1976, John designed his own circuit board based on the then-new Texas Instruments TMS9900 microprocessor.
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