+Stephen Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Sorry if it has been posted - I did a forum search and did not see this yet. Was just made aware of Stephen's passing - https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/theaugustapress/name/stephen-carden-obituary?id=51558893 and wanted to share as I know he's been mentioned in several recent posts. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 That's really sad to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuf Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Bummer - he was a very nice and helpful guy. He'd talk your ear off, but no problems with that. He sent me one of his extra adapters if I recall a while back. I was under the impression he's had health problems for a while, but I think he was only in his 50s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Sorry to hear. Stephen was only 60 years old. I know he spoke of various health problems; and his wife's fairly-recent death. Condolences to his family/children. A pretty big Atari enthusiast, and quite into hardware/drives for the machine -- which is related to his RealDOS software. His website is still active: ILS (Integrated Logic Systems) Here's the Antic Podcast he was featured on: ANTIC Interview 42 - Steve Carden, RealDOS This page on his website has a couple more pictures of him: ILS - About He has a couple of accounts here on AtariAge: @Stephen J. Carden & @Stephen J Carden 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenames99 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 very sad. I will miss him. he was a good friend. RIP Stephen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Very sad to hear this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 ugh...this is extremely sad news, I had just gotten to know him in the past couple of years. RIP Stephen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 21 minutes ago, kenames99 said: very sad. I will miss him. he was a good friend. RIP Stephen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mytek Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 When I first got back into the Atari 8-bit scene in 2015, he made a trade of a U1MB, Side II cart, Stereo Board, and a couple of U-Switch boards for only a couple of Transkey boards I had been working on at the time. I felt kinda bad, since what he gave me was much more valuable than what he got in return. But he said no problem, and that he really wanted to help me make better products by providing me with all the latest greatest Atari hardware that he could. And he turned out to be right, with me creating the 1088 series systems soon after, which had a U1MB at the heart and incorporated both Stereo and U-Switch like aspects (as well as a built-in SIDE II feature). I know in our talks he had confided in me about all of his medical issues that had ultimately caused him to stop working, but he was still very energetic with his Atari projects in spite of it. Sorry to hear that it finally caught up with him. Hopefully his website will remain online as a testament to what he was really passionate about. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 13 minutes ago, mytek said: When I first got back into the Atari 8-bit scene in 2015, he made a trade of a U1MB, Side II cart, Stereo Board, and a couple of U-Switch boards for only a couple of Transkey boards I had been working on at the time. I felt kinda bad, since what he gave me was much more valuable than what he got in return. But he said no problem, and that he really wanted to help me make better products by providing me with all the latest greatest Atari hardware that he could. And he turned out to be right, with me creating the 1088 series systems soon after, which had a U1MB at the heart and incorporated both Stereo and U-Switch like aspects (as well as a built-in SIDE II feature). I know in our talks he had confided in me about all of his medical issues that had ultimately caused him to stop working, but he was still very energetic with his Atari projects in spite of it. Sorry to hear that it finally caught up with him. Hopefully his website will remain online as a testament to what he was really passionate about. His server and two other machines contain almost all of his work and tools. There was another machine that had failed years ago that would need work to recover anything else. He was still working on some things best he could. 60 is far too young. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 That's very sad, thoughts are with his family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 This is sad news indeed. Steve was quite the character and one of the original and most enthusiastic long-term stalwarts of the Atari 8-bit scene. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Really sad news, I didn't know him personally, but 60 is far too young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndary Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Sad news today.. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentarian Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Oh, I hate to hear about this. I figured he was in bad health lately due to not being active here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simius Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Very sad. RIP Stephen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Sad. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cjherr Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 R.I.P. Prayers for his family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Very sad news... We are older and unfortunately it will be more bad news as this one 😕 RIP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 RIP Stephen. Hopefully your huge and great A8 hardware collection won't go to the dumpster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 I didn't know Stephen personally, but it's always sad news when we lose one of our own. RIP Stephen and my condolences to his friends, family, and loved ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 I had not talked to him in a few years... I am sorry to hear this. May he rest in peace. Condolences to his family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 My condolences to Stephen's loved ones and family. Sorry to hear of their loss and his passing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 RIP. He used to send me regular email updates of his activities. Too many Atari people leaving us early in recent years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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