Jim Butterfield

Jim Butterfield
Born February 14, 1936(1936-02-14)
Ponoka, Alberta, Canada
Died June 29, 2007(2007-06-29) (aged 71)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Computer programmer, author
Spouse Vicki Butterfield
Children Susannah Butterfield, born in 1988.

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),[1] one of the leading references on programming the 6502-derived 6510 microprocessor.

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.[2]

In a November 2006 newsgroup message, Butterfield revealed that he was undergoing chemotherapy.[3] His death from cancer was announced on the comp.sys.cbm newsgroup on 30 June 2007.[4]

Publications

References

  1. ^ Butterfield, C64 Learning Machine Code Programming
  2. ^ Gail Hook (September 1982). "Meet Jim Butterfield". COMPUTE!. http://www.commodore.ca/history/people/jim_butterfield_compute_sept82.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 
  3. ^ Jim Butterfield (2006-11-10). "Re: TPUG presents: World of Commodore 2006!". comp.sys.cbm. (Web link). Retrieved 2009-06-24. 
  4. ^ Amigoat (2007-06-30). "Jim Butterfield". comp.sys.cbm. (Web link). Retrieved 2009-06-24. 

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