My Computing Journey
A view backwards in time that covers my computing journey over the years. From the very early days of beginning to use and program computers, both as hobbies and working with them throughout my career.
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Recreating my experiences using an ICL PC 30
ICL PC Model 30 This computer is the one that really started me off in business computing. The young company I joined as a YTS as my second company eventually took me…
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Remembering my high-schools first computer a Research Machines 380Z
So way back in my early teenage life, probably around 1982, my high school received its first school computer, a Research Machines 380Z. Apart from the usual home computers seen often at…
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SNARK ‘simulator’ used for proving assembler coding
Some computer systems allow programs to be written only in a so-called ‘high-level language’ such as BASIC or PASCAL. Such a language is convenient for solving practical problems precisely because it disguises…
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Recreating my experiences using a Comart Quad
Comart Quad The second business computer – we moved to this from the ICL PC Learnt about Software tort? The specs were: Intel 80186 CPU Running around 10 Mhz 1MB Memory…
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Computer Graphics In TV & The Movies
Until recently, the most spectacular computer graphics effects have been reserved for science fiction films. These films required pictures of aliens, pre-historic creatures, or non-earth environments that are difficult to create in…
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C64 Assembly Programming (6502)
After spending some time using Turbo Macro Pro in the VICE emulator and a brief look at CBM prg studio, I have found that using Visual Studio Code, which is something I…
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Running CP/M business applications on a Vice emulated Commodore 128
This post runs through what has ended up being the main steps and setup to re-create a CP/M environment and contains links to the reference sources I have used to help me…
