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biffuz said:
Wait, you had an XP machine in your childhood (mid 2000s) but your nickname is from Roger Wilco, a character from a video game series from the late '80s, and 6502, a CPU from the late '70s?
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Yep, and I ran 7 on said XP machine. :D

My interests take me far and wide across the history of computing, which has led me to learn a lot about many different eras. The 6502 is significant I started getting into programming on a Commodore VIC-20 around seven or so years ago. Roger Wilco, and more universally Space Quest, is significant because I absolutely love the soundtrack and it is one of the things that really inspired me to start making music myself, especially using hardware such as Roland SoundCanvas synths and the like.

To give an idea of my general age, I just finished my first year of architecture school. :)
 
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RogerWilco6502 said:
Yep, and I ran 7 on said XP machine. :D

My interests take me far and wide across the history of computing, which has led me to learn a lot about many different eras. The 6502 is significant I started getting into programming on a Commodore VIC-20 around seven or so years ago. Roger Wilco, and more universally Space Quest, is significant because I absolutely love the soundtrack and it is one of the things that really inspired me to start making music myself, especially using hardware such as Roland SoundCanvas synths and the like.

To give an idea of my general age, I just finished my first year of architecture school. :)
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Commodore Vic 20 was my first computer. Back when they were new though!
 
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Early birthday present to myself

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RogerWilco6502 said:
I started getting into programming on a Commodore VIC-20 around seven or so years ago.
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AND you started programming in 2014 on a VIC-20?!?

I'm a programmer, and I wish more of my coworkers did the same, instead I hear a lot of love for Javascript, HTML, Nosql, and all this modern nonsense...

RogerWilco6502 said:
To give an idea of my general age, I just finished my first year of architecture school. :)
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When I started programming on a 286, my C64 was already in storage, but I could almost be your dad...
 
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biffuz said:
AND you started programming in 2014 on a VIC-20?!?

I'm a programmer, and I wish more of my coworkers did the same, instead I hear a lot of love for Javascript, HTML, Nosql, and all this modern nonsense...
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Yep! I still have the stenographer's pad I wrote my programs in. They almost never worked exactly to plan but, then again, what program does work exactly as intended the first time? I should have a program I wrote as a birthday gift to the girl I had a crush on at the time in there somewhere. :)

Honestly, I hear a lot of the same (although HTML isn't a programming language per se). Once I can get a break, I want to teach myself C++ and/or C. I feel it would be a good progression in my learning, as I haven't really had time to move beyond BASIC. That and ASM for the 6502 and Z80 (because I also love to program TI graphing calculators) are probably my largest programming knowledge goals at the moment.

biffuz said:
When I started programming on a 286, my C64 was already in storage, but I could almost be your dad...
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You could! What language(s) did you use on your 286? :D
 
RogerWilco6502 said:
Yep! I still have the stenographer's pad I wrote my programs in. They almost never worked exactly to plan but, then again, what program does work exactly as intended the first time? I should have a program I wrote as a birthday gift to the girl I had a crush on at the time in there somewhere. :)

Honestly, I hear a lot of the same (although HTML isn't a programming language per se). Once I can get a break, I want to teach myself C++ and/or C. I feel it would be a good progression in my learning, as I haven't really had time to move beyond BASIC. That and ASM for the 6502 and Z80 (because I also love to program TI graphing calculators) are probably my largest programming knowledge goals at the moment.
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That's a peculiar learning path nowadays. But I did see some youngsters more attracted by this old school programming than "boring" modern stuff.
However, I am not sure how far this will go in a job interview. There isn't much demand for low level programming skills, but there definitively is. Retro programming as a hobby is also on the rise.

RogerWilco6502 said:
You could! What language(s) did you use on your 286? :D
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I started with a book on GWBASIC borrowed from my cousin, then I started to borrow more from the public library: QBasic, Visual Basic, Office macros (!), Turbo Pascal, C/C++ and Assembler. Then in high school and Uni with more modern stuff, like Delphi and C++Builder, Java, C#. I loved desktop development.
Then I began to work, and seeing where client side development was steering towards, I tried to stay on the server side of things; as such, I use Java, C#, PHP, SQL, and of course you have to known HTML and JS because often you have to do the client side as well (but I always state that I'm not proficent with that cr*p).
 
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biffuz said:
That's a peculiar learning path nowadays. But I did see some youngsters more attracted by this old school programming than "boring" modern stuff.
However, I am not sure how far this will go in a job interview. There isn't much demand for low level programming skills, but there definitively is. Retro programming as a hobby is also on the rise.
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Yeah, luckily I'm studying to become an architect and not a programmer! The programming is just for fun, anyway. :D

biffuz said:
I started with a book on GWBASIC borrowed from my cousin, then I started to borrow more from the public library: QBasic, Visual Basic, Office macros (!), Turbo Pascal, C/C++ and Assembler. Then in high school and Uni with more modern stuff, like Delphi and C++Builder, Java, C#. I loved desktop development.
Then I began to work, and seeing where client side development was steering towards, I tried to stay on the server side of things; as such, I use Java, C#, PHP, SQL, and of course you have to known HTML and JS because often you have to do the client side as well (but I always state that I'm not proficent with that cr*p).
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oooo, epic! What sort of things would you say you've enjoyed the most in your studies?
 
Dowjohnny said:
Looking good! Not being a biker: how exactly do they compare to "regular" boots? I guess steel tip or some kind of reinforcement? Good on you to take protection seriously, being an emergency doctor I've seen some nasty shi*t especially with bikers wearing jeans and Flipflops and stuff ...
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These still have protection in the heel and ankle, and across the toebox, and a plate in the sole to help prevent the shoe from caving in on itself (my best guess) in a crash. These are way more casual, and I wanted to get away from the type of boot that I wear currently, to something that looks better for walking around town. I've been riding for 20 years and I've also seen my fair share of nastiness from people that arent geared up properly. It only took me going down one time to be thankful for the jacket, gloves, and especially HELMET that I had on that day. Saved me from a lot of rash, and probably saved my life.
 
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