On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 09:23:14AM -0500, Berin Loritsch wrote: > Stephen McConnell wrote: > > > Yeah .. +1 on that! > > > I guess I only needed one :) > > My name is Berin Loritsch, knocking on 30's door (I'm young aren't I?). > I live in Virginia in the good ol' USA. I started out typing in programs > from Commander magazine for the Commodore 64.
Yes!! ;) Same story here, though it was BASIC on a ZX Spectrum. "Daddy, what does 'poke' do?" etc. > It didn't take long to > realize that BASIC was too slow, and the programs written in assembly > were much faster. I went on to logo.. I could make that turtle fly ;) > So I got an assembler, a dissassembler, and got to > work reverse engineering some software and making some of my own. Since > I like graphics more, I was one of the first to get GeOS (Graphical OS) > for the C-64. It's Assembly API was the best I've seen yet. My first > corporate job was an R&D assistant for Systar, Inc. (a French company). > While I was there I goofed off, wrote my first game, and had my introduction > to designing a database application. I left that job to go to school. > > I've always been into the musical arts, but I can't sing and I can't > play any instruments--so I learned to record. Hmm.. there was a whole fascinating demo scene for people like you :) Tightly interwoven asm + graphics + music.. if there's a higher form of art, I haven't found it yet. Whoops, company going under, gotta get coding :) --Jeff -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
