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- ↑ Google Books list: Cass Lewart https://books.google.com/books?ct=result&q=Cass+Lewart
- ↑ InformIT website author profile http://www.informit.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=e9f9c497-3af9-4409-ab93-cf637758cec1
- ↑ Google Books list Cass Lewart https://books.google.com/books?ct=result&q=Cass+Lewart
- ↑ Review of The Ultimate Modem Handbook by Robert Slade (Cass R. Lewart, 1998, 0-13-849415-) http://victoria.tc.ca/int-grps/books/techrev/bkulmdhb.rvw
- ↑ Hobbyist of the Year List, Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey website http://www.acgnj.org/hoty/hoty.html Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Hobbyist of the Year List, Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey website http://www.acgnj.org/hoty/hoty.html Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ My War Years Cass Lewart biography "Cass R. Lewart - My War Years". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ↑ The Pleasure of Winning by Cass Lewart self published "Cass R. Lewart - Pleasure of Winning". Archived from the original on 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
