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Thanks Steve.

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44 years as a software developer; starting from a mainframe using PL/1, then programming assembler on Intel 8080 8-bit microprocessors, to C++ and now C# on Intel servers. I've used...

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I got a job that was advertised wanted a C programmer. The job also included repairing IBM PS/2 computers, repairing thinnet ethernet networks, helping employees with Lotus spreadsheets and word...

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