Date   : Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:12:27 -0000
From   : "David Hunt" <dm.hunt@...>
Subject: Re: Death of Neil Raine

> Just to pass the message around.
> 
> I think many of us have enjoyed Neil's work in our lives.
> 
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> From: bb4w@... [mailto:bb4w@...] On Behalf Of
> dwilliams1664
> Sent: 23 March 2006 00:20
> To: bb4w@...
> Subject: [bb4w] Neil Raine
> 
> I hope that this is not inappropriate or too irrelevant, but many
> contributors and lurkers in this discussion group either grew up with -
> or were enthusiasts of - Acorn computers.  Well, I was saddened to
> read about the death of Neil Raine who died after a handgliding
> accident in Spain last Wednesday. He was the author of great Acorn
> games like Hopper, Planetoid and Magic Mushrooms, and then of course
> he went on to develop the Task Manager for RISC OS, and its amazing
> Outline Font system (I think Sophie Wilson did the research for the
> font system, and Neil did the coding).
> 
> Read more at:  http://www.drobe.co.uk/riscos/artifact1562.html
> 
> The first computer game I *ever* played was Hopper, way back in 1984.
> 
> 
> David.
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See also Cambridge Evening News site
<http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2006/03/20/15567ef9-653f-43e8-860
2-4cc6a9db3a95.lpf>