<div dir="auto"><div>always 👏 look 👏 for 👏 the 👏 wife</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:normal"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.lainenooney.com/" target="_blank">Laine Nooney</a></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;line-height:normal"><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Associate Professor | <a href="http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/mcc/" target="_blank">MCC</a> @ <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/" target="_blank">NYU</a> | they/them<br>Managing Editor | <a href="https://romchip.org/index.php/romchip-journal" target="_blank">ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories</a> | <a href="http://eepurl.com/crCul1" target="_blank">Join our Newsletter</a></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div>-Need to make an appt? Click, don't email: <a href="https://calendar.app.google/V9ZuMRWEKnnUBdQ56" target="_blank">https://calendar.app.google/V9ZuMRWEKnnUBdQ56</a></div><div>-Probably typed by voice recognition, so please cherish typos</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 15, 2025, 9:49 AM Koblentz, Evan via Members <<a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org">members@lists.sigcis.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Glad to help!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM Albert Gleb J. via Members <<a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">members@lists.sigcis.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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Dear all<br>
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The mystery seems to be solved, thanks to the hints from Evan Koblentz and Laine Nooney. The book is dedicated to a "Jean", which was the name of Joseph Weisbecker's wife according to this feature article on their daughter Joyce: <<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90147592/rediscovering-historys-lost-first-female-video-game-designer__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!NMnUlViBQ-vb3fEGGb9a9UU_YfMWJd2ikEY-0qNhcKZoFTGXPfM3N1UwVag7TtxpPjIQC_MGPKcB6tKns-M$" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90147592/rediscovering-historys-lost-first-female-video-game-designer__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!NMnUlViBQ-vb3fEGGb9a9UU_YfMWJd2ikEY-0qNhcKZoFTGXPfM3N1UwVag7TtxpPjIQC_MGPKcB6tKns-M$</a> >. Also, in the book itself, the author calls himself a "computer designer" on page 108. So, the evidence is pretty clear - and it is really fascinating that Weisbecker, who is otherwise known as a serious engineer and scientist, deemed it necessary to write this (in fact, quite entertaining) hands-on "make some money in your sparetime with your home computer" guidebook...<br>
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Thanks for all your help!<br>
Gleb<br>
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Am 14.07.2025 um 17:37 schrieb Koblentz, Evan:<br>
> I suggest asking his daughter: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Weisbecker__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!NMnUlViBQ-vb3fEGGb9a9UU_YfMWJd2ikEY-0qNhcKZoFTGXPfM3N1UwVag7TtxpPjIQC_MGPKcBmRLDXvw$" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Weisbecker__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!NMnUlViBQ-vb3fEGGb9a9UU_YfMWJd2ikEY-0qNhcKZoFTGXPfM3N1UwVag7TtxpPjIQC_MGPKcBmRLDXvw$</a> <<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Weisbecker__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!NMnUlViBQ-vb3fEGGb9a9UU_YfMWJd2ikEY-0qNhcKZoFTGXPfM3N1UwVag7TtxpPjIQC_MGPKcBmRLDXvw$" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Weisbecker__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!NMnUlViBQ-vb3fEGGb9a9UU_YfMWJd2ikEY-0qNhcKZoFTGXPfM3N1UwVag7TtxpPjIQC_MGPKcBmRLDXvw$</a> ><br>
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> On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM Albert Gleb J. via Members <<a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">members@lists.sigcis.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">members@lists.sigcis.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
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> Dear colleagues<br>
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> 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 (<<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/homecomputerscan0000weis/__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!I5kkjsuzKOnwploRyTn-aWfnV2ZxqY2p-ATvIzgmsLLA7yDcJiIeW7Cc0HeMFg7szNrdJFsiGEw6L8WzXuU$" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/homecomputerscan0000weis/__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!I5kkjsuzKOnwploRyTn-aWfnV2ZxqY2p-ATvIzgmsLLA7yDcJiIeW7Cc0HeMFg7szNrdJFsiGEw6L8WzXuU$</a> <<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/homecomputerscan0000weis/__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!I5kkjsuzKOnwploRyTn-aWfnV2ZxqY2p-ATvIzgmsLLA7yDcJiIeW7Cc0HeMFg7szNrdJFsiGEw6L8WzXuU$" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/homecomputerscan0000weis/__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!I5kkjsuzKOnwploRyTn-aWfnV2ZxqY2p-ATvIzgmsLLA7yDcJiIeW7Cc0HeMFg7szNrdJFsiGEw6L8WzXuU$</a>> >). 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<br>
> 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?<br>
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> Many thanks in advance<br>
> Gleb<br>
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