John Light: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 07:36, 9 October 2023

John Light (? – ?)

Please add referenced biography.

From TekScope Vol. 12 No. 4, Dec 1980:

John Light was software project leader for the 834 project. He has been involved in programming since 1968.
John has two degrees from Cal State at L.A. - a B.S in Mathematics ('70) and a B.A in Psychology ('73). He joined Tek in 1977.
John's off-work hours are spent in maintaining his small acreage on which he raises milk goats, and working with his personal computer.

After the 834, John Light worked on software development for Tek's Unix workstations, e.g., the 4310. He was one of three kernel developers working on Tek's version of Unix, uTek.

Documents Authored by John Light

Document	Page	Class	Title	Author(s)	Year	Refers to
Tekscope 1980 V12 N4.pdf	10	Article	A Programmable Data Communications Tester for First-Line Technicians	Pete Janowitz • John Light	1980	834

Products by John Light

Manufacturer	Model	Description	Designers	Introduced
Tektronix	834	Programmable data communications tester	Pete Janowitz • John Light • Jeff McMeekin • Randy Deitrich • Bill Randle • Lynn Saunders • Wendell Damm	1980
Tektronix	835	Programmable data communications tester	Pete Janowitz • John Light • Jeff McMeekin • Randy Deitrich • Bill Randle • Lynn Saunders • Wendell Damm • Ken Spencer • Dennis Holmbo	1986
Tektronix	836	Programmable data communications tester	Pete Janowitz • John Light • Jeff McMeekin • Randy Deitrich • Bill Randle • Lynn Saunders • Wendell Damm • Ken Spencer • Dennis Holmbo	1986

Components by John Light

Patents by John Light

@@ Line 20: / Line 20: @@
 He was one of three kernel developers working on Tek's version of Unix, uTek.
+{{Documents|Author=John Light}}
 {{Designer|John Light}}
 {{Patents|John Light}}