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> So I can do COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal, Turbo C, Ada, and a lot of other misc languages that the current graduates and drop-outs don't even know. I'm interested

by NAFV_P 12y ago

> So I can do COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal, Turbo C, Ada, and a lot of other misc languages that the current graduates and drop-outs don't even know. I'm interested because you mentioned Turbo C, It's usually the ANSI flavour you get these days (I tend to write the C90 variety).

orionblastar 12y ago
I think it was 1987 when I learned on Turbo C and Quick C later on and then Microsoft C. My father worked for AT&T so of course I learned as many versions of C as I could because it was portable and Bell Labs invented it along with Unix. Learning Unix paid off as well.
- nekopa 12y ago
  This is a reply to your earlier comment, that no one cares. I care. I am about your age, and I suffer from depression (which borders on fear of what I may become because my mother had manic/bipolar) I am about to embark upon my own grand venture of start-up life - except it's not a real startup, I'm not looking for an exit, I'm looking for a lifestyle business type thing. But I would love to connect and chat, as I also worry about how to deal with my illness when I set out on my journey to fame and fortune. My email is in my profile, and I will also email you. So don't worry, you're not alone, and there are us out here who do care.
  - orionblastar 12y ago
    Thanks man, caring is worth more than money and success to me. You can't buy caring with money or anything else, people choose to care or not care. orionblastar@gmail.com if anyone wants to contact me via email.
- NAFV_P 12y ago
  Snap (sort of). My sister's father in law used to work for AT&T. He was based in England working as a project manager, but he travelled all over the place. Next time I see him I'll ask when he worked for them, since it was around 1983 that AT&T was broken up. I started learning C just over two years ago (you beat me to it by 25 years), it was only recently that I put the two together.
  - orionblastar 12y ago
    I got a friend in Hong Kong that helps me run blastar.in and we do virtual machines in QEMU of old operating systems like IBM OS/2 2.0 and Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server and each one has a Visual C++ or C compiler in it. Even some FORTRAN compiler as well. He made this Windows NT 4.0 MIPS virtual machine using QEMU-MIPS and it has a Visual C++ for it that also does C90 I think. He compiled a version of Conway's Life in it for fun. There are these Watcom C/C++ compilers as well, Google for OpenWatcom for the free versions of them they exist for OS/2, DOS, and Windows compiling and I think they even use C90 standards. http://blastar.in/ http://blastar.in/ We are trying to do retro software in QEMU virtual machines, we got a collection of Unix images between us like some old SunOS and Solaris stuff, etc. Got Solaris in QEMU-SPARC running for a bit but had problems with the network stack. Older versions work but Solaris 7 seems to have a NIC bug in the kernel. My father worked for Western Electric, 1-ESS switches, had tried to turn them into minicomputers running Unix System V and other stuff by working with Bell Labs and other divisions. I think the 1983 breakup put a stop to that. He did some work on a DEC PDP I am not 100% sure but I think a PDP-11 or something using Unix. When I was young he introduced me to Dennis Richie, who told me to learn Unix and C when I was older. They even wanted to hire me at AT&T when I turned 18 in 1986, until the breakups prevented that. So in 1987 I was in college and took a C class, it helped me learn a lot of different languages out there. Sort of like learning Latin or Greek if you ask me. My father died in 2010 of brain and lung cancer. But I am still trying to get things done. If you want to work on a project let me know, I might know others who know C90 and can join in via retro legacy programming.

by NAFV_P 12y ago

orionblastar 12y ago

I think it was 1987 when I learned on Turbo C and Quick C later on and then Microsoft C. My father worked for AT&T so of course I learned as many versions of C as I could because it was portable and Bell Labs invented it along with Unix. Learning Unix paid off as well.

nekopa 12y ago
This is a reply to your earlier comment, that no one cares. I care. I am about your age, and I suffer from depression (which borders on fear of what I may become because my mother had manic/bipolar) I am about to embark upon my own grand venture of start-up life - except it's not a real startup, I'm not looking for an exit, I'm looking for a lifestyle business type thing. But I would love to connect and chat, as I also worry about how to deal with my illness when I set out on my journey to fame and fortune. My email is in my profile, and I will also email you. So don't worry, you're not alone, and there are us out here who do care.
- orionblastar 12y ago
  Thanks man, caring is worth more than money and success to me. You can't buy caring with money or anything else, people choose to care or not care. orionblastar@gmail.com if anyone wants to contact me via email.
NAFV_P 12y ago
Snap (sort of). My sister's father in law used to work for AT&T. He was based in England working as a project manager, but he travelled all over the place. Next time I see him I'll ask when he worked for them, since it was around 1983 that AT&T was broken up. I started learning C just over two years ago (you beat me to it by 25 years), it was only recently that I put the two together.
- orionblastar 12y ago
  I got a friend in Hong Kong that helps me run blastar.in and we do virtual machines in QEMU of old operating systems like IBM OS/2 2.0 and Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server and each one has a Visual C++ or C compiler in it. Even some FORTRAN compiler as well. He made this Windows NT 4.0 MIPS virtual machine using QEMU-MIPS and it has a Visual C++ for it that also does C90 I think. He compiled a version of Conway's Life in it for fun. There are these Watcom C/C++ compilers as well, Google for OpenWatcom for the free versions of them they exist for OS/2, DOS, and Windows compiling and I think they even use C90 standards. http://blastar.in/ http://blastar.in/ We are trying to do retro software in QEMU virtual machines, we got a collection of Unix images between us like some old SunOS and Solaris stuff, etc. Got Solaris in QEMU-SPARC running for a bit but had problems with the network stack. Older versions work but Solaris 7 seems to have a NIC bug in the kernel. My father worked for Western Electric, 1-ESS switches, had tried to turn them into minicomputers running Unix System V and other stuff by working with Bell Labs and other divisions. I think the 1983 breakup put a stop to that. He did some work on a DEC PDP I am not 100% sure but I think a PDP-11 or something using Unix. When I was young he introduced me to Dennis Richie, who told me to learn Unix and C when I was older. They even wanted to hire me at AT&T when I turned 18 in 1986, until the breakups prevented that. So in 1987 I was in college and took a C class, it helped me learn a lot of different languages out there. Sort of like learning Latin or Greek if you ask me. My father died in 2010 of brain and lung cancer. But I am still trying to get things done. If you want to work on a project let me know, I might know others who know C90 and can join in via retro legacy programming.