Career
Punter is noted for his work with Commodore microcomputers. He created WordPro, the first major word processor for the Commodore Positron Emission Tomography and Commodore 64 computers. He is also the designer of the Punter file transfer protocol which bears his name.
In the 1980s Punter designed and operated the bulletin board system (Bulletin Board System) for the Toronto Positron Emission Tomography Users Group.
He was an occasional speaker at the World of Commodore expos, and is featured in the film Bulletin Board System: The Documentary. He is an expert on cell phones and cell phone network coverage, in which capacity he has made occasional network television appearances since the early 2000s.