Hi Jim, Wow! I wasn't even using computers in 1981 let alone programming them. <Grin> That just goes to show how far we have come since the first personal computers made their appearance for the average person. I can clearly remember what it was like back around 1984 when there were basically two choices. There was the IBM PC with PC Dos 3.x, AKA MS Dos, and the Apple A2-E with Apple Works. In terms of the average user the people I knew had Apples because the IBM systems were both too expensive and anything before PC Dos 5.0 sucked lemons. Not only that, but I thought the Echo was just peachy until I found Jaws for Dos and the Dectalk PC. As for when I started writing games I was a late bloomer. I have been using and working with computers almost all my life, but I didn't actually begin programming until I reached college. That would have been around 1997 or 1998 or so.
Jim Kitchen wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Yeah, I started writing computer video games like in 1981 on a Texas > Instruments 99 4A home computer. The first games were draw poker, Star Mule > and Homer on a Harley (Eval Kneval) I then got my first talking computer in > December of 1989. It was a NEC 286 with an Accent S A running Jaws for dos > version 1. The first program that I wrote was a braille reference guide. I > wrote it in January 1990 while at the Cleveland Sight Center. Anna Karr my > braille instructor helped me to make sure that it was all correct. Then I > wrote black jack and draw poker. Those games were on the Jaws web site slash > BBS. > > No, I did not like the bookshelf game Futile. I very much liked the > bookshelf game Twixt though. I think that my Brother and Sister cheated at > Futile because they couldn't beat me at chess or Twixt. <grin> > > BFN > > Jim > > check my web site for my new personal information page > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
