The Last Psion | Alex<p>Current main projects:</p><ul><li><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CTRAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CTRAN</span></a>: Start writing unit tests with FPCUnit. Also, complete a full write-up of what it took to get the thing working.</li><li>Get my website running <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/GoHugo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoHugo</span></a></li><li>Rip the batteries out of the Revo I was given last week and assess the damage <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Psion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psion</span></a></li></ul><p>Immediately upcoming projects:</p><ul><li>Rebuild of DEATH, my Microserver gen8, probably with <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a>.</li><li>EMAKE: Complete recreation of the SIBO C SDK "linker" in <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ObjectPascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectPascal</span></a>. To be started once I'm happy with CTRAN's unit tests.</li><li><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> T480 mods</li><li>Read some <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/compiler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compiler</span></a> related programming books</li></ul><p>These are just the ones I can think of right now.</p>
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The Last Psion | Alex<p><strong>REPOST (JAN 2024):</strong> My first thoughts on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Psion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psion</span></a>'s dialect of Object Oriented C for the Series 3 and related portable computers.</p><p>Includes the JPI/Clarion <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/TopSpeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TopSpeed</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/compiler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compiler</span></a>, a proprietary preprocessor, the Eiffel programming language, and a handful of calling conventions.</p><p>Also, did somebody say Objective-C?</p><p>This is an old blog post from the beginning of the year. If you've been following my journey in recreating <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CTRAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CTRAN</span></a>, this was written a week before I decided to take the plunge.</p><p><a href="https://hackaday.io/project/161291-the-last-psion/log/226441-beginning-olib-an-entirely-uneducated-look-at-psions-proprietary-object-oriented-c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.io/project/161291-the</span><span class="invisible">-last-psion/log/226441-beginning-olib-an-entirely-uneducated-look-at-psions-proprietary-object-oriented-c</span></a></p><p>(Yes, I did say in the article that I <em>definitely wouldn't</em> be writing a compiler. I <em>did</em> say that.)</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/EPOC16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPOC16</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CDECL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDECL</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Clarion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clarion</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/TopSpeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TopSpeed</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/TopSpeedC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TopSpeedC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroDev</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Smalltalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smalltalk</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ObjectPascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectPascal</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/preprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preprocessor</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Eiffel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eiffel</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OOP</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ObjectiveC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectiveC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/compilers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compilers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ObjectOriented" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectOriented</span></a></p>
Jaysen Drake 🇨🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> </p><p>VA3KZR as of 2023-12-09</p><p>Started with <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> Vic-20 - at school, we learned graphical <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/LOGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LOGO</span></a> on PETS and Apple IIe's... crashed the school Unisys ICON network far too often...</p><p>Headed to college, *thought* I would be heavily involved in, electronics design, and engineering - instead, it was <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a>.</p><p>First was <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/VisualBasic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisualBasic</span></a> 1.0; next, Borland <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Delphi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Delphi</span></a> 1.0 / <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/ObjectPascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectPascal</span></a> - still dabble with <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/FreePascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePascal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Lazarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lazarus</span></a>, a smidge of <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a>, a lot of <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/CSharp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSharp</span></a> and some <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>.</p>
Jay Drake 🇨🇦 ≠51<p><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> </p><p>Who me? Just a <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maker</span></a>, IT Consultant and "all-around-<a href="https://mefi.social/tags/nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nerd</span></a>".</p><p>I grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons, original <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> re-runs, reading <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> & <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> (not SyFy), lots of <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lego</span></a> and eventually graduated to <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/RPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RPG</span></a> and <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/tabletop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tabletop</span></a> gaming. </p><p>My first computer was a <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> Vic-20 - at school, we learned graphical <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/LOGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LOGO</span></a> on PETS and Apple IIe's... crashed the Unisys ICON network often before getting my first PC - grudgingly - really wanted an <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a>.</p><p>Eventually, it was time for college - I *thought* I would be heavily involved in the physical aspects of technology, circuit design, and hardware engineering - instead, I gravitated to <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a>.</p><p>My first professional <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> language was <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/VisualBasic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisualBasic</span></a> 1.0; eventually, jumping into Borland <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Delphi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Delphi</span></a> 1.0 and <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/ObjectPascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectPascal</span></a> - still dabble with <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/FreePascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePascal</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Lazarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lazarus</span></a>, a smidge of <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a>, a lot of <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/CSharp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSharp</span></a> and some <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>. My <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> is ancient...</p>
neutronwrangler<p>OK, <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> tags <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>running</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/smashrun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smashrun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beekeeping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/objectpascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>objectpascal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/delphi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delphi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a> I'm a computer scientist (jack of all trades) who generally implements the ideas of cleverer people. I keep bees.</p><p>More intro moved from profile:</p><p>My past was risk analysis programming for engineers and human factors, but more recently the bottom dropped out of the market for consultants. Now I have a proper job putting stuff in databases and analysing it</p><p>Vegetarian wanting to be vegan</p>
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