tjb #1 Posted January 3, 2009 Earlier today I was thinking about the Express! line of programs and did a quick search on Keith Ledbetter along with BBS Express hoping to find his homepage or maybe some recent info on him. I did find an interview with him from '89 but that's about it. Anybody know whatever happened to him? Did he transition into the PC world? Anybody have any info or links from other people big names in the Atari 8-bit scene? tjb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert #2 Posted January 3, 2009 http://www.linkedin.com/in/keithledbetter ..Al Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjb #3 Posted January 3, 2009 Thanks Al! I didn't think to try LinkedIn. tjb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert #4 Posted January 3, 2009 Always interesting to see what people are up to. I never ran his BBS Express!, but did use his terminal programs. I ran Carina II and spoke with Jerry Horanoff quite a bit back in the day.. Here's his LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/bab/292 ..Al Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+bf2k+ #5 Posted January 4, 2009 Keith still lives here in Richmond. I have not spoken with him in a few years but I still owe him a lunch! Yes he transitioned into the PC world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjb #6 Posted January 4, 2009 Keith still lives here in Richmond. I have not spoken with him in a few years but I still owe him a lunch! Yes he transitioned into the PC world. Cool, so you know him. Do you know if he ever visits AtariAge? Does he still have any interest in the Atari 8-bit systems? I know some people do and some don't. I e-mailed Douglas Crockford one time about Galahad and the Holy Grail and he seemed to have no interest in Galahad or the Atari. I wasn't looking for him to write a new game or anything. I was just hoping he might share a story or two about its development and maybe, just maybe, release some code or something. Some people like to talk about the "good old days" and some don't. tjb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+bf2k+ #7 Posted January 4, 2009 (edited) Do you know if he ever visits AtariAge? I don't know. Does he still have any interest in the Atari 8-bit systems? I don't want to speak for him so I'll say that the last time I talked with him, the answer was no, but I can't say for sure - In 1987, I myself had no more interest in A8's and I sold all my A8 stuff to buy PC stuff. Now I have more A8 stuff (including some of Keith's stuff) than PC stuff and much more a8 stuff than I sold in '87. So anyone can change their mind. Edited January 4, 2009 by bf2k+ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjb #8 Posted January 4, 2009 Now I have more A8 stuff (including some of Keith's stuff) than PC stuff and much more a8 stuff than I sold in '87. Is that because you're getting more nostalgic in your old age like many of us? tjb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+bf2k+ #9 Posted January 4, 2009 Now I have more A8 stuff (including some of Keith's stuff) than PC stuff and much more a8 stuff than I sold in '87. Is that because you're getting more nostalgic in your old age like many of us? tjb I think you hit the nail on the head!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marius #10 Posted January 4, 2009 well... In my case I was into atari 8bit since 1984/1985... and sold the whole collection to a friend, who had no computer. In a few days he sold all the stuff to someone else, and made a big profit. That was also the end of this friendship! In 1994 I decided to buy an atari 800XE at 'intertoys' (a big toy company in the Netherlands) and that was the beginning of a new atari 8bit era for me... and since then I have only been buying more and more (it is something like an atari-buying-disease) So in my case it is not a nostalgic thing. I have always been regretting that I sold my stuff to a so called friend. When I sold the stuff, my thoughts were: as long as my atari is in his hands, I still have sometimes acces to it. Due to this regret, I developped some 'neurotic' collection behavior: i must have a collection to be sure i have still acces to atari over 40 years.... I think I have in total more than 70 xl/xe computers. Some new in box! Marius Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjb #11 Posted January 4, 2009 I think I have in total more than 70 xl/xe computers. Some new in box! Man, that's alot of hardware! You can never have too many Atari machines tjb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marius #12 Posted January 4, 2009 I think I have in total more than 70 xl/xe computers. Some new in box! Man, that's alot of hardware! You can never have too many Atari machines tjb Yeah... and the coolest from this whole story is, that my wife loves the atari too, so when I bought another one, she looks to it like she looks at a baby... and she is glad I addopted another xl or xe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pepax #13 Posted January 5, 2009 Yeah... and the coolest from this whole story is, that my wife loves the atari too, so when I bought another one, she looks to it like she looks at a baby... and she is glad I addopted another xl or xe Where can be such wives found? My wife seems to like real babies a lot more.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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