Jim Butterfield
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Frank James (Jim) Butterfield (14 February 1936–29 June 2007) was a Toronto-based author and computer programmer famous for his work with Commodore microcomputers, and a longtime contributor to periodicals such as The Transactor and TPUG. One of Jim's major works was the book "Learning Machine Code Programming on the Commodore 64 (and other Commodore computers)", one of the leading references on programming the 6510 chip.
Jim was born in Ponoka, Alberta, and attended the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia, but never graduated. In 1957 he moved to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, to work on the microwave system along the Alaska Highway.
In 1962 he was transferred to Toronto, Ontario. There he was exposed to computers.
In a November 2006 newsgroup message, Butterfield revealed that he was undergoing chemotherapy.[1] His death from cancer was announced on the comp.sys.cbm newsgroup on 30 June 2007.[2].
[edit] References
- Gail Hook. Meet Jim Butterfield. COMPUTE!, September 1982.
[edit] Trivia
An image of Jim Butterfield is included as an Easter egg on the v1 revision of the C64DTV plug-in joystick.
[edit] External links
- Jim Butterfield's home page
- 1985 software advertisement featuring Brad Templeton, Jim Butterfield, and Steve Punter
- Jim Butterfield's obituary
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