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  • Steve Drain RIP

    From Martin@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 2 11:42:48 2023
    This morning I received the sad news from his wife that Steve Drain
    died on the last day of 2022.

    We had corresponded about technical RISC OS stuff for over twenty
    years, and I enjoyed the discussion, interaction, collaboration and
    even occasional disagreement over those years. We had also met several
    times at various shows. He had an unparalleled knowledge of how BBC
    BASIC worked, and how to extract the very best from it - even if his
    methods were sometimes far too cunning for me!

    I will miss his input, and I am sure many others here will too.

    Martin Avison

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  • From Doug Webb@21:1/5 to Martin on Mon Jan 2 12:47:09 2023
    In message <5a606dac38News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>
    Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

    This morning I received the sad news from his wife that Steve Drain
    died on the last day of 2022.

    We had corresponded about technical RISC OS stuff for over twenty
    years, and I enjoyed the discussion, interaction, collaboration and
    even occasional disagreement over those years. We had also met several
    times at various shows. He had an unparalleled knowledge of how BBC
    BASIC worked, and how to extract the very best from it - even if his
    methods were sometimes far too cunning for me!

    I will miss his input, and I am sure many others here will too.

    Martin Avison

    Really sad news and I too remember speaking to Steve at many shows.

    Condolences to his family and friends.

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