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bigmik

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Posted: 07:58pm 19 Jan 2026

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Hi All,

It is with a heavy heart I wish to let you know that a stalwart member of our group passed away on 1st January 2026.

I received an email from his executor this morning informing me of his passing.

Vale’ Andrew Henderson (UK)

Regards and tears,

Mick

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Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<<

PeteCotton

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Posted: 07:59pm 19 Jan 2026

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That is always sad to hear. Thanks for the update Mick.

bigmik

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Posted: 08:10pm 19 Jan 2026

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Hi All,

BTW, Andrew went by the username CaptainBoing

Regards,

Mick

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Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<<

lizby
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Posted: 08:28pm 19 Jan 2026

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Sad indeed. CaptainBoing wrote a lot of good code, including the heart of fruitoftheshed. Always cogent.

Inventor (or at least articulator) of my standard coding practice with the mites--code in Notepad++, save, ctrl-a, ctrl-c, alt-tab to teraterm, F10, ctrl=v, <Enter>, ctrl-z when done, then save, edit, or run. As he said, it takes longer to write it out than to do it.

Thanks for the notification.

PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed

robert.rozee
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Posted: 11:16pm 19 Jan 2026

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so sad to hear of CaptainBoing's passing away, my deepest condolences to his family.

rob.

JohnS
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Posted: 11:34pm 19 Jan 2026

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So sad :(

John

zeitfest
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Posted: 11:36pm 19 Jan 2026

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A big loss, all that insight and good humour. Much sympathy to his family.

May his flight have clean air and good rum .

Grogster

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Posted: 11:57pm 19 Jan 2026

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Thanks for letting the forums know, Mick.
Sad news.

Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!

Mixtel90

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Posted: 08:00am 20 Jan 2026

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Oh, how sad. Thanks for letting us know, Mick. My condolences to his family.
The good Cap'n was a great contributor to this forum and will, I'm sure, be missed by many.

Mick

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PhenixRising
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Posted: 08:44am 20 Jan 2026

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Oh heck...loved the guy

I kinda suspected something and did a search to see when he was last active. Didn't have the nerve to ask.

stanleyella

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Posted: 10:19pm 20 Jan 2026

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CaptainBoing sad.

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