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		OhMeadhbh 43 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RIP Robert Tinney, the illustrator behind so many ... I cannot tell you how profoundly sad this makes me. His illustrations for Byte grounded the geekiness of early micro-computing to a bedrock of humanity and wit. I have a reproduction of his December '77 "Star Trek" cover illustration.

theoa 43 days ago [–]

Agreed. And the nice thing was that they weren't just illustrations, they were metaphors, even allegories, on human and computer engagements

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