Wayne Green
Wayne Sanger Green II | |
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| Born | September 3, 1922 |
| Died | September 13, 2013 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Known for | 73 80 Micro Byte Kilobaud Microcomputing RUN and others. |
Wayne Sanger Green II (September 3, 1922 – September 13, 2013)[1][2] was an American publisher, writer, and consultant.
Biography
Green was formerly editor of CQ magazine before he went on to found 73, 80 Micro, Byte, CD Review, Cold Fusion, Kilobaud Microcomputing, RUN, InCider, and Pico, as well as publishing books and running a software company.[3] In the early 1980s, he assisted in the creation of the groundbreaking Brazilian microcomputing magazine, Micro Sistemas Template:Pt icon.[4] He sold five of his magazines to CW Communications in 1983,[5] and his publishing company subsequently merged with them.[6]
Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service with the callsign W2NSD,[7] he was involved in a number of controversies and disputes in the Ham Radio world, notably with the ARRL and CQ magazines.[8] Such controversies also occurred in the computer world; an advertisement for 80 Micro began "You may love Wayne Green ... you may hate him ... but you have to admit he has vision". It promised that the magazine would "tell you the truth" because "Wayne Green has never been one to mince words", adding "of course, 80 Microcomputing has the editorial fireworks from Wayne that the industry has come to expect".[9]
He used the backronym "Never Say Die" for the NSD in his amateur callsign.[2] As of 2011[update] he lived in a farmhouse in Hancock, New Hampshire and maintained a website with content from his on-line bookstore.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Wayne Green (ed.). "Wayne's World – News". Retrieved September 15, 2013.
- ^ a b Doug Grant. "Wayne Green has left the building". Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ a b Robert L. Mitchell (August 15, 2008). "Tech Visionary and Byte Magazine Founder Wayne Green on Changing the World". cio.com. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ "Micro Sistemas – a primeira revista brasileira de microcomputadores (de verdade !)" (in Portuguese). mci.org.br. February 6, 2002. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ Needle, David (June 13, 1983). "Wayne Green Sells Computer Magazines to CWCI". InfoWorld. Vol. 5, no. 24. p. 1.
- ^ Bartimo, Jim (April 9, 1984). "Q&A: Wayne Green". InfoWorld. Vol. 6, no. 15. p. 76.
- ^ Bob Green (2006). "W2NSD/1 Wayne Sanger Green II" (pdf). QSL Cards from the Past. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ "73 Magazine says '73 and QRT'". ARRL. October 10, 2003. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ "80 Microcomputing advertisement". Kilobaud Microcomputing. September 1980. p. 211. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
External links
- Official website (When accessed in December 2014 the site had been replaced by boilerplate and archive.org has no copies.)
- 73 Magazine archive
- Byte Magazine archive
- 80 Micro Magazine archive
- Kilobaud Microcomputing Magazine archive
- inCider Magazine archive
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