I've always loved computers. I used to watch my mom program on her Tandy.
Then i got into it with my c-64. Then onto my uncles 2nd hand 8088. Then i
worked on getting sponsered to the naval academy but had some personal
issues left school.
Then i was a cook at a restaurant out on the road to assat
vic20
the massive keyboard called to me...
in its sexy plastic clicking voice
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Took at BASIC class on a TRS-80 Model III at age 11. Got a TRS-80 CoCo I
(with the silver case and chiclet keyboard) at age 12. Took CAD architecture
free study senior year in high school. Never took another computer class
again, but was always a geek hobbyist. Did the BBS thing for years.
I had a
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On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 7:31 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Program loaded off cassette, text files were on one floppy and the
> messages were on another one.
Those cassettes taught me that data can be represented /so/ many ways.
Funny that punch-cards didn't do it like
>I started out as a Biology majorbut I absolutely DESPISED chemistry. The
>first semester I had a 7:30 AM Chem lab. It was 3 hours of pure hell, before
>most college kids were even awake. I said screw that, no way i'm getting
>through all the chemistry required for this major.
I actually *have
> > 1981-ish TI-99/4a was my first computer.
> > Learned Basic
>
> No, dude! You learned "Extended BASIC"! Much better than normal,
> non-extended basic!
True dat!
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will
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and that would just be unacceptable."
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> -Original Message-
> From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 4:12 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Why did you get into computers? (was: churvii: a study in
> brainiacs)
>
> > I spun this off into a new thread b
> I spun this off into a new thread because it got me thinkingwhy did
> everyone here get into programming? Was it by choice? Did it just happen
> that way? Did you major in CS in college? Was it to make money?
1981-ish TI-99/4a was my first computer.
Learned Basic
1986 While I was in hi
Hah, Hatton and I thought alike, I also branched the thread for BBS talk =)
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On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:14 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I spun this off into a new thread because it got me thinkingwhy
> did
> everyone here get into programming? Was it by choice? Did it just happen
> that way? Did you major in CS in college? Was it to make money?
>
Just ha
Based on the clients logic and a LOT of questions on test cases, yes.
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:00 PM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did you have to derive any of the equations yourself...?
>
>
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On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Michael Dinowitz <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Think of an auction. It's multiple people bidding for a single item. Each
> person it bidding against a single person, the one with the highest bid.
> Now
>
i had 2 years of basic classes in college, and left.
the allure of good beer, great pot, hot chicks and fun
was much better than classes... i also found that if there
was a hot chick in the class i was much likelier to show up.
tw
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Michael Dinowitz
<[EMAIL PROTECTE
Think of an auction. It's multiple people bidding for a single item. Each
person it bidding against a single person, the one with the highest bid. Now
think about an auction for multiple items. Each item can be bid on
individually OR as a single "lot". The fight is now between you and one
other per
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Michael Dinowitz <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've done math for pay (multi-tier auction logic)
That intrigues mewhat is "multi-tier auction logic" ??
I ended up with a second major in math mostly because it interested me, and
I knew that it would be a skil
I got into programming for all the hot chicks. :)
Actually, I knew the future and it was all about information. I think that
True Names and Neuromancer had the most effect on me when it came to this
regard when I was younger. Everything was going to be about information and
computers would be in th
> What I find interesting about this thread is that how few actually started out
> in CS and in this industry. Most it would seem came in from elsewhere. It
> suggest to me that part of the very interesting nature of this community is
> its diversity of interests and backgrounds.
I went into the N
What I find interesting about this thread is that how few actually started out
in CS and in this industry. Most it would seem came in from elsewhere. It
suggest to me that part of the very interesting nature of this community is its
diversity of interests and backgrounds.
~
> > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:31 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> >
> > Subject: Re: Why did you get into computers? (was: churvii: a study in
> > brainiacs)
> >
> >
> >
> > >
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:31 AM
> To: CF-Community
>
> Subject: Re: Why did you get into computers? (was: churvii: a study in
> brainiacs)
>
>
>
> > Holy crap. I had a TRS80 COCO II. I used a tape recorder devise to save
> and
> &
I believe that toolbook is still going, not sure about authorware. As for the
toolkit, I generally wrote most of the stuff myself - the contractor I worked
for didn't want addons like that.
>Toolbook and Authorware. Ahhh. Love it.
>
>Did you ever have the pleasure of IVD Toolkit?
>
>Or interface
brainiacs)
My first computer was an Adam. Played tons of buck rogers...
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From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:31 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Why did you get into computers? (was: churvii: a study in
brainiacs)
> H
My first computer was an Adam. Played tons of buck rogers...
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From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:31 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Why did you get into computers? (was: churvii: a study in
brainiacs)
> Holy crap. I
Manthat is the best story so farand it really does explain a lot.
I had a special "Dave Watts" folder in my outlook when I participated
heavily in CF-Talksaved everything he wrote into that folder...twas
gold. If I was still on CF-Talk, i'd definitely have an "Adam Churvis"
folder
Life's circumstances and the decisions demanded by them got me into this.
My main love was weapon design, but it was rarified air back in 1979 and
nobody would listen to some punk kid who wanted to build the next generation
of military assault weapons out of Dupont Zytel reinforced with mineral an
rsday, May 01, 2008 9:57 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Why did you get into computers? (was: churvii: a study in
brainiacs)
I ran my BBS on WWiV softwarefor about a weeki basically had no idea
what I was doing, but it was fun anyway. That got shit canned pretty quick
when the only phone
I ran my BBS on WWiV softwarefor about a weeki basically had no idea
what I was doing, but it was fun anyway. That got shit canned pretty quick
when the only phone line into our house was constantly busy and my parents
put the kibosh on my little BBS.The Aristocrat's Lair. God, I though
My Father was in it from the very start (UNIVAC, ENIAC days). We always had
computers in the house. There's a Leading Edge Model D 8088 floating around
the family that may still be working. He was integral in modernizing the US
Postal Service in the early 70's and taught Assembler Language at North
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Subject: Re: Why did you get into computers? (was: churvii: a study in
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> Holy crap. I had a TRS80 COCO II. I used a tape recorder devise to save
and
> run code :-)
> Man that was a long time ago!
I ran my fir
> -Original Message-
> From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:15 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Why did you get into computers? (was: churvii: a study in
> brainiacs)
>
> I spun this off into a new thread because it got me thinkingwhy
> did
> eve
Toolbook and Authorware. Ahhh. Love it.
Did you ever have the pleasure of IVD Toolkit?
Or interface at all with laserdiscs, like on the Sony View system, or the
EIDS platform?
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I began coding full time, initially using too
Was a kid in the 70's, parents bought a 'Pong' game that hooked up to the
TV. I played games on Atari, Intellivision, later Colecovision(ADAM), and of
course the coin-operated racket. When I was about 11, a military friend of
the family was leaving the country for a few months and left his TRS-80 w
> Holy crap. I had a TRS80 COCO II. I used a tape recorder devise to save and
> run code :-)
> Man that was a long time ago!
I ran my first BBS on a CoCo III (128k, had 256 colors) with a 1200 baud modem.
Program loaded off cassette, text files were on one floppy and the
messages were on anothe
My elementary school had commodore pet workstations in front of a vax
vms mainframe. Commodore sent a ton of books on different languages
available and I started picking up on things. I'd say after that it was
pretty much the normal progression. Vic 20 then 64 then 128 then an
Amiga 1000 wit
>I spun this off into a new thread because it got me thinkingwhy did
>everyone here get into programming? Was it by choice? Did it just happen
>that way? Did you major in CS in college? Was it to make money?
I initially got into computers very late - grade 12 since I had to take an
elect
I have a degree in Art History and African Cultural Studies, and then
I fell into a job with UW-Extension doing Youth Development work. It
was low pay with a lot of nights and weekends. Meanwhile, our website
sucked and I realized that there was a lot of potential there to do
stuff like have an FAQ
Holy crap. I had a TRS80 COCO II. I used a tape recorder devise to save and
run code :-)
Man that was a long time ago!
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From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:24 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Why did you get into computers
7th Grade, South Dakota, 1983. I was in the pilot "Gifted and
Talented" class. The teacher made it a point to come to my house and
suggest to my parents that they buy a personal computer for me based
on what she saw in my interactions with the TRS-80's at school.
Next day, my mom went out
I was introduced to computers while visiting work with my dad.
"Sit here, and type this into the computer. I'll be back in a few hours".
Here was a pdp-11, and the typing was an old star trek text adventure game
(maybe 1976?)
I was hooked.
My father bought me an apple ][+, an extra 16K of memor
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 6 months or so later I quit that job and became a freelance web developer
> but after about 6 months of making almost no money, I had to get a real
> job,
> and my wife and I moved to North Carolina where I got my first web
> d
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:14 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I spun this off into a new thread because it got me thinkingwhy
> did
> everyone here get into programming? Was it by choice? Did it just happen
> that way? Did you major in CS in college? Was it to make money?
>
I got a
circa 1984 i was in a private school here in salisbury, and we got a major
donation to the math/computer department (although the computer
part never existed before that at our school) and they gave us 10 or so
TRaSh-80's and we began by learning DOS, how to use an A drive
with 5.5 inch FLOPPY disk
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I didn't have a choice. Started school as a biz major and they literally
> forced me to take a Computers 101 course. I begged and pleaded to be let
> out
> of the class and they told me I had to take it or switch to an arts major.
I didn't have a choice. Started school as a biz major and they literally
forced me to take a Computers 101 course. I begged and pleaded to be let out
of the class and they told me I had to take it or switch to an arts major.
My intro to computers went even worse than I expected. My lab partner kne
Yes, then came zmodem what memories...
The ascii art was in those days amazing. Nothing like we have now of
course...
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From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 1 May 2008 10:31 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Why did you get into computers? (was
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 7:24 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > So...how did everyone else get into this business?
>
> I can date it back to starting on computers when I was 8 on a TRS-80
> CoCo II. My grandmother got herself and me each one and we sat down
> and typed in t
Oh yeah
I remember going into Tandy and programming on them in the mid 80s...
-Original Message-
From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 1 May 2008 10:24 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Why did you get into computers? (was: churvii: a study in
brainiacs
> So...how did everyone else get into this business?
I can date it back to starting on computers when I was 8 on a TRS-80
CoCo II. My grandmother got herself and me each one and we sat down
and typed in the code from the book.
That sparked my love of computers - from there it was simply a n
Well this is a good question. And it is going to show my age!
When I was just a teenager, 1980 to be exact. We had some teachers who were
playing with some computers, apple and a CPM machine if I recall right was a
cpm-80 based machine but to the exact name who knows.
Not long into the year the t
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