Gordon Bell, Legendary Designer of Computers, Dies at 89

Bell worked on the first successful minicomputers, paving the way for the PC revolution.

C. Gordon Bell , a true visionary in the world of computing who helped design some of the first minicomputers in the 1960s, died May 17 at the age of 89, according to a new report from the New York Times. Bell died in Coronado, California from pneumonia according to the Times, which cites an unnamed family member of Bell.

As the Times explains: He spent his confinement wiring circuits, running chemistry experiments and cutting out puzzles with a jigsaw. After he recovered, he spent countless hours in his father’s shop learning about electrical repair. By age 12, he was a professional electrician — installing the first home dishwashers, fixing motors and tearing apart mechanical gadgets to rebuild them.

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