- Display name:
- HoundCat
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- Los Angeles, CA
- Bio:
- I have been performing software quality assurance testing since 1985. I've programmed in languages such as Forth, Turbo Pascal, Basic/GW Basic, dBase/Clipper, Framework's internal scripting language, Visual Basic, HTML, Perl, and some others that are trivial. I've used many operating system from CP/M & TPM-II/III, MS-DOS 1 - 6.22, IBM DOS 1.1, DrDOS, Apple DOS 3.3, Apple Lisa OS, Mac OS - OS X Yosemite, Windows 286, Windows 386, Windows 3.0, Windows 3.11 (Windows for Workgroups), Windows 95, Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows ME, windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 200x, RedHat Linux, Free BSD Linuxx, Debian Linux, DSL (Damned Small Linux), Ubuntu Linux, UNIX / Sun OS, and I'm sure others I haven't yanked out of my brain. I'll pass on mentioning all of the systems I've used from the Kaypro II, Osborne, TI80 (I think), Franklin (early Apple clone), Apple IIe, Apple IIc, Radio Shack TRS-80, Commodore Vic-20 & 64, Epson QX10, Atari 400, Atari 800, IBM 3600, IBM System 36, IBM PC, PC XT, PC AT, lots of clones (Acer, AT&T, SIEMENS, Dell, Gateway, Compaq...etc.), a couple of mini computers (bigger than micro computers, as mainframes are bigger than mini computers - architecturally speaking), and now we're into the world of mobile devices, from Nokias with Symbian OS, Palm OS (I never liked the Palm OS devices), Windows Mobile, Android, iOS, and one or two more sandwiched in there somewhere. A lot has changed, and I'm still working with, and testing, the newest technology, preparing it for consumers. The evolution of technology is a wonderful thing, and for more than thirty years I've loved it. As a baby sitting in front of the TV watching first-run episodes of Star Trek set the wheels in motion to become a digital man. Analog discs (record albums), analog tape (8-track, cassettes, beta, VHS, VHS-C...), analog tablets with an analog stylus (paper and pen), Analog cable tv, analog radio (still in use oddly enough), analog Instamatic / 110 / 35mm cameras... ugh. Never have I had a problem with setting the clock on any VCR, wrist watch, digital clock, or any other device. I was born to diagnose and test things that go together, whether mechanically or digitally. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before my head explodes from information overload, but I'm sure I'll be engrossed in some fascinating technology and it will just pop like a grape, taking me out of this world doing what I love to do. I think I can hear it beginning now, sounding like a balloon. POP!
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- Created:
- 2015-01-23 06:13:52+00:00
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- 2015-01-23 10:44:49+00:00
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