Heroes:

The original Sunrize/Studio 16 developers

Ben Fuller (RIP) developed the timeline display for the later releases of Studio 16 (among many other things) - died under what his family described as mysterious circumstances while developing a video app for another platform

The composer for the game "Mindwalker" (developed by the late Bill Williams)

Nicola Samoria, the initial developer of "NewIcons" - Some people preferred more extravagant icons, but a Workbench screen using NewIcons still remains one of the more elegant-looking interfaces in computerdom

Villain:

Mehdi Ali, the killer of the A3000

Removing the A3000's battery from the circuit board is a good idea if the 3000 is going into storage. There are ways to install a socket so more modern batteries can be substituted.