"Digital Age Architect Gordon Bell Passes Away at 89; Contributed to Minicomputer Development, Co-founded First Major Computer Museum, and Mentored at Microsoft"

Gordon Bell, an architect of our digital age, dies at age 89

the great memory register in the sky — Bell architected DEC's VAX minicomputers, championed computer history, mentored at Microsoft. Enlarge / A photo of Gordon Bell speaking at the annual PC Forum in Palm Springs, California, March 1989. Computer pioneer Gordon Bell, who as an early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) played a key role in the development of several influential minicomputer systems and also co-founded the first major computer museum, passed away on Friday, accordi...