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'''Bob Mullen''' was a computer designer and glass and ceramics engineer. | '''Bob Mullen''' was a computer designer and glass and ceramics engineer. To best describe Bob, I would merely suggest that you think of Friar Tuck of Robin Hood fame: "bald, not too tall, and rotund". | ||
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Bob Mullen was a computer designer and glass and ceramics engineer. To best describe Bob, I would merely suggest that you think of Friar Tuck of Robin Hood fame: "bald, not too tall, and rotund".
Sunday Brunches
While living on Wyandotte Street in Mountain View, we held a brunch / "coffee-tea-or-me" meeting on Sunday afternoons. We didn't have a specific agenda and any topic was open to discussion. Almost all who attended were BDSM'ers, Vets or computer geeks so you get the idea. I am not sure, but it seems like many meetings would have a question in the "how-do-you" format would be posed. Obviously someone would have to answer the question by means of a demonstration. Well, you get the idea.
Bob and the Computer Swap meets
Bob was instrumental in running the Computer Swap meets at the Santa Clara Fairgrounds on Tully Road in San Jose.
Mullen Computers - History
Bob Mullen owned a computer company called Mullen Computer Company[1] and was a well-known figure in the S-100 community. He actively participated in San Francisco area user group meetings and various magazines. As far as I know, however he only produced two S-100 boards. An S-100 bus extender board and a relay control board. That said, the S-100 extender board was very popular and quite useful. If you were a serious S-100 computer hobbyist, you owned a Mullen Extender board.
Bob and Dial Log
When it came time to put Dial Log project together, Bob and I were the principals.
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A Personal Note from Robin
I (Robin Roberts) worked at the Byte Shop on El Camino Real in Mountain View. Whenever a potential client wanted to purchase an S-100 computer, you would go to the Byte Shop and talk to me. We would first of all talk about "why" you wanted a personal computer so we could create a Bill of Materials of which modules you should purchase. We could discuss your level of electronic construction skills.
I would always put one of Bob's extension boards near the top of the Bill of Materials.
If the client so desired, I would outsource the assembly and testing of all components to Sigma Systems, a company I started in 1972 [1].
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