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Martin_1962

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20 years a programmer
« on: 12 January 2009, 20:53:51 »
Amazed to work out today that I have been programming professionally for 20 years!!!!
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Re: 20 years a programmer
« Reply #1 on: 12 January 2009, 20:55:01 »
20 years!!!  What did you start on??
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Re: 20 years a programmer
« Reply #2 on: 12 January 2009, 20:58:35 »
Very long time for a hard job..Congrats :y
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Re: 20 years a programmer
« Reply #3 on: 12 January 2009, 21:06:00 »
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20 years!!!  What did you start on??


Wordtech dbase II compatible compiler, then later Clipper Summer 87, used Clipper skills in another job now using Visual Objects, Alaska XBase++
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Re: 20 years a programmer
« Reply #4 on: 12 January 2009, 21:08:26 »
Assembly language?  Remember the C64?
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« Reply #5 on: 12 January 2009, 21:13:29 »
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Assembly language?  Remember the C64?
did mine first assembly on a ZX81 and ZX Rectum...
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« Reply #6 on: 12 January 2009, 21:15:15 »
Z80 assembler and machine code was my first programming work....then Occam!

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« Reply #7 on: 12 January 2009, 21:16:48 »
I did some compiling on DBase IV many moons ago.
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« Reply #8 on: 12 January 2009, 21:17:23 »
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Z80 assembler and machine code was my first programming work....then Occam!

Aye, Z80.  A great processor in its day (still is) imho :y
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« Reply #9 on: 12 January 2009, 21:18:28 »
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I did some compiling on DBase IV many moons ago.
Ah yes, the buggy, bloated, late DB that pretty much single handedly caused Aston-Tate to go tits up
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Re: 20 years a programmer
« Reply #10 on: 12 January 2009, 21:19:26 »
Still got a couple of C64s - wonder if they will still fire up ok?

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Re: 20 years a programmer
« Reply #11 on: 12 January 2009, 21:21:29 »
C128..passed many days and nights on it with a tape..

Seems many assembler enthusiasts here :y

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« Reply #12 on: 12 January 2009, 21:22:10 »
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Still got a couple of C64s - wonder if they will still fire up ok?

Caps might be a bit dry...


In my tidying up this week, I found:
ZX81 and 16k rampack
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Couple of Microdrives
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« Reply #13 on: 12 January 2009, 21:25:16 »
Z80 still gets used in a lot of apps.

PIS's are slowly killing it though....PIC's are great little microcontrollers though!
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