PC guru Jim Seymour, 60
Posted: Friday, October 11th, 2002 1:20 pmJim Seymour, an early and influential technical writer who explained the benefits and headaches of personal computers for two decades in enthusiasts’ periodicals like PC Week and PC Magazine, died on Tuesday in Austin, Tex., where he lived. He was 60.
The cause was complications from gall bladder surgery, said his wife, Nora.
Like most people pulled into the personal computer industry in the early years, Mr. Seymour was a self-taught expert. A native Texan, Rogers James Seymour graduated from the University of Texas, then worked for a few years as a jazz musician and freelance photographer for magazines like Life and Time. …
It was Mr. Seymour who introduced a young Michael Dell, who began his direct-mail computer company in his University of Texas dormitory room, to Lee Walker, who became Dell Computer’s first president. …
Mr. Seymour was also the founding editor in chief of PC Computing magazine in 1988… Read full obituary
