Subj : New board added to the ne
To   : PATIENT1413
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Tue Jun 03 2025 10:49:00

>  DW> I am a retired mainframe COBOL developer by trade.  Still dabble with it
>  DW> some on the PC.
> I never got much into cobol by the time I could code it was Basic (Gbasic and
> MS-Basic, my dad use to maintain a mainframe. I started on Pascal in the early
> 90's then moved to C/C++ with a bit of ASM.

Nice.  I started with TI-BASIC, mostly altering programs that I would find
and key in from the TI 99er Magazine.  Took a class in high school where we
programmed in C-64 BASIC, and then BASIC and PASCAL in college as electives.
I wasn't bad on the Commodore, but never got great at either one of the
others.

After being laid off a couple of times (IT consultant, computer operator),
I got a job at a place that was still willing to train COBOL developers.
The rest is history.  ;)

> I primarally develop C/C++ for Microcontrollers (PIC,SAM,AVR) automation
> systems though have dabbled with embedded linux with a Beaglebone and Raspberr
> Pi.

Interesting.  Those are of some interest to me, if I can figure out a way
to integrate them into other hobbies, like model railroading.  So far, all
I have used Pis for is as computers and to "host" a remote camera.


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