27 Apr
2016
27 Apr
'16
2:48 a.m.
This morning I got the sad message of the passing of Jon Johnston the
curator of the HP Museum website www.hpmusem.net.
More info at :
<http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/father-of-three-jon-johnston-died
-in-tibet-during-a-trek-in-the-himalayas/news-story/501c804577a833b0964016ba
e87fd318>
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/father-of-three-jon-johnston-died-
in-tibet-during-a-trek-in-the-himalayas/news-story/501c804577a833b0964016bae
87fd318
Jon, was a fellow collector and HP enthusiast and will be missed.
Jon himself and his site were a help and source of knowledge for everyone
who was interested in HP computing history.
-Rik
27 Apr
27 Apr
6:26 a.m.
Rik wrote...
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This morning I got the sad message of the passing of Jon Johnston the
curator of the HP Museum website www.hpmusem.net.
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Yes, I got the same email a few minutes ago. Very sad. I just had an email
from him a couple weeks ago, I was preparing to send
him some manuals for
the museum.
The website is a/the major resource for vintage HP folks, I'm hoping
arrangements are in place to ensure it continues. If not, classiccmp.org
stands ready to help.
Jon was a great guy, and will be missed!
J
6:37 a.m.
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This morning I got the sad message of the passing of Jon Johnston the
curator of the HP Museum website www.hpmuseum.net.
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The website is a/the major resource for vintage HP folks, I'm hoping
arrangements are in place to ensure it continues. If not, classiccmp.org
stands ready to help.
J
I did not know Jon, but wow, what an incredible resource he built for vintage HP computer
enthusiasts. It would be a big loss to see it go away.
8:21 a.m.
I did not know Jon, but wow, what an incredible resource he built for vintage
HP computer enthusiasts. It would be a big loss to see it go away.
I had never met Jon, but I think it is obvious from the contents of his site that
we corresponded a few times. He was a great man and will be sorely missed.
I do not want to be unfeeling at the loss of a human life, but I feel that his site
would be a great way of remembering him and all he did to help the HP
community, particularly for the larger machines. I hope it can be preserved. I know
that Jay is corresponding with others over this, and I am sure he will do the
right things.
-tony
8:23 p.m.
On 4/27/16 6:26 AM, Jay West wrote:
Yes, I got the same email a few minutes ago. Very sad.
I just had an email
from him a couple weeks ago, I was preparing to send him some manuals for
the museum.
This is horrible news.
The last project we worked on was my recovery of a bunch of HP3000 tapes
from him a few years ago.
28 Apr
28 Apr
6:21 a.m.
Al wrote...
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This is horrible news.
The last project we worked on was my recovery of a bunch of HP3000 tapes
from him a few years ago.
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Yep. The last email I got from him ended with:
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I will be out of communication from Apr 5 to June 3 (on climbing expedition
in Tibet).
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I got an update from them this morning with the detail that "[the] ground
gave way beneath them". So sad.
I know that there was a large shipment being gathered from many folks to
Teresa in LA which was then going to be shipped to AU around June. Some
contact will need to be made regarding that but will wait a bit first.
Best,
J
2:19 p.m.
It addition to all of the resources that were directly available
through http://www.hpmuseum.net/ there were also resources available
if you asked.
I wanted a copy of some HP-UX installation CD images for my 9000/382
and Jon was happy to provide those to me after sending him an email.
His loss is a significant blow to the community. I hope all of the
dedicated effort he put into this is maintained somehow and isn't also
lost.
11:54 p.m.
You can see him in the YouTube video he posted at the beginning of the month about his HP
2116 restoration. Very sad indeed.
https://youtu.be/Kko526UpHsM
Marc
27 Apr
27 Apr
10:09 a.m.
Oh, what a terrible news. His website is such a tremendous resource for HP collectors.
Researched, organized, encyclopedic. I don?t know how many times I used it just to get
accurate history and technical information on what I was acquiring, and then for the
ensuing restorations. And he linked back to every single one of my resulting restoration
videos or demos. I hope the museum and site survives his passing and passion.
Marc
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Rik Bos <hp-fix at
xs4all.nl>
Organization: CCE
Reply-To: "cctalk at classiccmp.org" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 2:48 AM
To: "cctalk at classiccmp.org" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Very sad message: the passing of Jon Johnston
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/father-of-three-jon-johnston-died-
in-tibet-during-a-trek-in-the-himalayas/news-story/501c804577a833b0964016bae
87fd318
11:52 p.m.
That is sad news :(
I've had good use of his work.
/Pontus.
On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:48:46AM +0200, Rik Bos wrote:
This morning I got the sad message of the passing of
Jon Johnston the
curator of the HP Museum website www.hpmusem.net.
More info at :
<http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/father-of-three-jon-johnston-died
-in-tibet-during-a-trek-in-the-himalayas/news-story/501c804577a833b0964016ba
e87fd318>
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/father-of-three-jon-johnston-died-
in-tibet-during-a-trek-in-the-himalayas/news-story/501c804577a833b0964016bae
87fd318
Jon, was a fellow collector and HP enthusiast and will be missed.
Jon himself and his site were a help and source of knowledge for everyone
who was interested in HP computing history.
-Rik
28 Apr
28 Apr
12:16 a.m.
And hpmuseum seems to be offline right now :(
2016-04-28 3:52 GMT-03:00 Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se>:
That is sad news :(
I've had good use of his work.
/Pontus.
On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:48:46AM +0200, Rik Bos wrote:
-in-tibet-during-a-trek-in-the-himalayas/news-story/501c804577a833b0964016ba
> e87fd318>
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/father-of-three-jon-johnston-died-
in-tibet-during-a-trek-in-the-himalayas/news-story/501c804577a833b0964016bae
> 87fd318
> Jon, was a fellow collector and
HP enthusiast and will be missed.
> Jon himself and his site were a help
and source of knowledge for everyone
> who was interested in HP computing history.
> -Rik
This morning I got the sad message of the passing
of Jon Johnston the
curator of the HP Museum website www.hpmusem.net.
More info at :
<
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/father-of-three-jon-johnston-died
12:58 a.m.
Ops...Sorry :(
2016-04-28 4:24 GMT-03:00 Tor Arntsen <kspt.tor at gmail.com>:
On 28 April 2016 at 09:16, Alexandre Souza
<alexandre.tabajara at gmail.com>
wrote:
And hpmuseum seems to be offline right now :(
It's online, but you may have tried the link in Rik's post, which has a
typo.
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