[SIGCIS-Members] Joseph A. Weisbecker = Joe Weisbecker (author of "Home Computers Can Make You Rich", 1980)?

[Koblentz, Evan]

I suggest asking his daughter:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Weisbecker

On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM Albert Gleb J. via Members <
members at lists.sigcis.org> wrote:

> >
>
> Dear colleagues
>
> While currently analysing microcomputer business advice literature of the
> 1980s, I am trying to establish the identity and background of the author
> of a classic in the field: "Home Computers Can Make You Rich", published in
> 1980 (<
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/homecomputerscan0000weis/__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!I5kkjsuzKOnwploRyTn-aWfnV2ZxqY2p-ATvIzgmsLLA7yDcJiIeW7Cc0HeMFg7szNrdJFsiGEw6L8WzXuU$
> >). The book is written by one Joe Weisbecker, and I wonder whether the
> author is identical to Joseph Weisbecker, the famous microprocessor
> designer many of you are surely familiar with. However, none of this
> official bibliographies and none of the obituaries list this book (that
> seemed to have been highly successful and was translated into several
> languages, including German in 1984). Also, the book itself has no author
> bio or any other further information about the author. Can anyone possibly
> confirm that the book was really written by Joseph Weisbecker?
>
> Many thanks in advance
> Gleb
>
>
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