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I've been in computer related fields from 1970. Starting in college, math & engineering major, I had to take a class in FORTRAN II (does anyone remember the IBM 1130 system) and that was it, I was hooked on the machines. After sometime in and out of the Marine Corps (twice and bombs are fun, if a little bit heavy) and in and out of college.
I started working first as a field engineer, systems integrator and diagnostic programmer in Marin County (Fair, Isaac and CO. Inc.) working with Data General NOVA based systems. Then moved on to Sperry Univac (later Sperry -> Unisys) doing field work again, and specializing in data communication, small & mid size systems and PC tech support. During this time I also ran (in all but name) the OTC PC repair & support center for the San Francisco branch. I had a great time helping customers and our field people with their PC problems. Until the merger with Burroughs, when Unisys came about and thing fell apart, after that and I left.
I then got a call from an old customer (NASDAQ) and went to work for them as a Telecommunication Network Coordinator, in the San Francisco Regional Data Center. There with two other people we maintained the western US data circuits, working with the local telcos and field techs. We were using GDC Netcon 5 and GDC dial back equipment on 4 trunks and 44 regional circuits with an average of 450 subscriber PC based terminals. When NASDAQ went with MCI for a TCP/IP based network they cut us lose.
Now doing consulting, playing on the Internet, doing some HTML work, and reading a lot.
I run a small intranet at home, a router, two UPS. Windows NTS 4.0 and 98, Slackware and RedHat Linux (one as the router). The Linux router runs DNS, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, and POP3 making it nice for software testing and development.
When a friends kids are over they are in heaven or think so, they don't have to fight over the computer and can both chat on "YAHOO" and ICQ at the some time. Came in hand when they spent 10 days with me, and kept me sane at the some time.
Another friend and I like to play networkable games back to back, this way we can yell and scream at each other in real, real time. *bang..bang..bang.. eat bang..bang !@#$ and bang..bang..bang...... die fairy... hehehehe*.
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The following computer games are most of my favorites, there are not many. (listing order - just the way they came off the shelf)
Note if you like text adventuring, fiction, scifi, search yahoo for "interactive fiction" a lot of people have written stuff. Some runs on ports of INFOCOM game engines.
I enjoy mostly SF&F, Horror, Animated and Comedy although a good movie of any type is still a good movie.
I'll stop now before it gets too long
Have not updated this list in awhile, a lot has changed.
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