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Erzesel
1 year ago

The beginning

After having tried more or less successful in analog electronics since the earliest youth, it was only logical to devote myself to digital technology at some point. If it were initially predominantly TTL circuits, I could obtain a U880 processor (and the other chips) in 1984.

And then when I had assembled my first computer, it was only normal to bring that thing to use.

Why?

Just because I was curious and always wanted to know how something works.

The right kick gave me a book with printing almond bread fractions

… calculate what you hardly get on the paper…

The fact that the like didn’t look so great on a computer with @750kHz and 16kByte memory and had to count for a long time is probably obvious. …and so it was said to learn to control the technique.

The times changed, the technical conditions became better, what remained was the curiosity and the will to dominate the “rule”.

The middle

In the middle of the 90s I came together with a chemical engineer, whose project was stuck because it was lacking in the necessary control technology and so “bastelte” I was together with him the computer-assisted control and slipped into a profession almost automatically, today probably more people with university degree are reserved.

…and I had to learn, in addition to soldering and programming, mainly disciplined, organized and working in the team.

🥵 That was how many hobby programmers I wanted to do when I wanted to, but that doesn’t work when you work in the team and have to vote with other disciplines.

For 20 years.

The end

In the meantime, I am retired, others have taken over the “staff rod”. Occasionally, I will be drawn to colleagues as “consultants” in special problems (where only around the corner think and experience helps in several areas)…

Otherwise, I’m looking for some topics to keep my brain fit

AlterLeipziger
1 year ago

Hello,

in 1982/83 MC80 fromVEB Elektronik Gerafor my company.

I have Basic-Evaluation program created.

Best regards from Leipzig

NoHumanBeing
1 year ago

I actually started programming before I was trained.

Why can I judge badly? My father was an electrical engineer, and at some point a computer was there.

My father can’t program. I actually taught myself.

In the meantime, I studied computer science and physics, in addition to pure programming, I have a comprehensive scientific education and understand the technique “comfortable” and “at all levels” – application software, operating system, firmware, hardware, network protocols, etc. – and also the underlying physics and mathematics.

MonkeyKing
1 year ago

With about 13 years, but it’s been a while since there was no internet yet. At that time I started with BASIC, a programming language that is hardly used today.

daCypher
1 year ago

That was the beginning of the 90s when I got my Amiga 500. Someone had a book about Amiga Basic and I just found it interesting how to teach a machine some things.

W00dp3ckr
1 year ago

I started programming at 14, because I was interested in it, and programmable computers became affordable for me.