Introducing Icy Mt.

Icy Mt. · 04-11-2008, 08:34 AM

Name: Icy Mountain
Origins/Location: Central Ohio, USA
Age: 44
Sex: Yes
Hobbies: Electronic Gadgets of all kinds
Favorite Bands/Artist: Based on the # of songs in my Zune, Led Zep, Van Halen, The Beatles
Color Zune you own: Black 80 GB
Favorite hacks/mods, if any: Hard Drive like access to the Zune
Something about me: I've been programming and building/upgrading/repairing computers since the Apple [i], TRS-80, Commodore PET days. I have a BSEE from Purdue but I often type too fast and push buttons before I am sure what they do.

mr.handsomeman · 04-11-2008, 08:37 AM

hey man! Glad to have you to the boards! you've been around already right? Well...hope you enjoy!

Trogdor's lame friend · 04-11-2008, 09:39 AM

"Sex: yes"

Already starting with the Austin Power's qoutes, eh? =P

Welcome to Zune Boards, enjoy your stay

lpxxfaintxx · 04-11-2008, 11:32 AM

Welcome, man. Hope you stay active!

CameleonMK · 04-11-2008, 11:41 AM

Welcome to the forums, enjoy your stay.

Icy Mt. · 04-11-2008, 12:44 PM

Mr. H: Yep, I've done a few laps around the place already.
Saline: I celebrate my 19th wedding anniversary in June, so I'm not kidding around.
LP: I hope to add some value. I already succeeded in podcasting to myself via XP Home to get around the Zune software limitations. I hope to get a tut up this weekend.
Cameleon: I've only had my Zune for 6 days and I feel right at home.

Jon · 04-11-2008, 02:36 PM

Welcome

Dang 44

Chri(Z)tian · 04-11-2008, 02:43 PM

to ZuneBoards! Good choice on getting the zune 80! Happy Zune-ing!

Volpe Sinatra · 04-11-2008, 03:03 PM

Please be sure to read and
follow the rules, and feel free
to ask any questions you may
have. Have fun!

runtohell121 · 04-11-2008, 03:30 PM

to zB!

Cloud Strife · 04-11-2008, 05:03 PM

Welcome to ZuneBoards!!

Any questions just ask staff

133794m3r · 04-11-2008, 05:47 PM

1337 welcome. You have now just been welcomed by 1337.

Icy Mt. · 04-12-2008, 12:27 AM

Jon: Yeah, I'm ancient but I got a Zune for my birthday!
Chri(Z)tian: Love the Zune 80!
zombii kitten: I can't read and I'm a born rule breaker.
run: Tks
vet: Oh, I've got questions. Hopefully some answers, too.
gamer: You funny!

Trogdor · 04-12-2008, 12:57 PM

Welcoming Icy Mt.

It's great to have people with actual computer experience. I know a guy who witnessed the first dialup connection between 2 comps.

Anyways welcome in.

Icy Mt. · 04-12-2008, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trogdor

It's great to have people with actual computer experience. I know a guy who witnessed the first dialup connection between 2 comps.

Thanks, Trog. My first modem was and external US Robotics at 1400 baud (1.4 Kbits/s or about 40 times slower than current dialup).

I am so ancient that I have actually sat on the back porch and tilted some beers with one of the nuclear engineers that worked on the Manhattan Project. He was actually there in Chicago when mankind started up the first nuclear fission reaction. He said that they were only 99.9% certain that it wouldn't spread and turn the earth into a new star.

Trogdor · 04-12-2008, 03:09 PM

Sweet my friend's dad is a nuclear physicist whom I have reason to believe works on nukes.

The same guy I talked to who saw the first dialup connection also knew how to program in just binary based OSs

Icy Mt. · 04-12-2008, 04:27 PM

My first real code was written for a Commodore 64, as in, 64kb of ram. It was a program to print banners on tractor paper. 100% typed in as machine language, no compiler, no programming wrapper, just a text editor. It had to be done that way to make the code tight enough to fit in 64k. Today's spoiled SDK developer's bloated code makes me want to slit my wrists with a 2GB memory stick.

The first code I got paid for was a written on a hand built development system for the Motorola 6804. 2kB of onboard memory. Talk about tight code. It was for the first dishwasher to use a touch panel instead of mechanical pushbuttons. They told us it wouldn't sell. Everything was stored on 8" floppy disks.

Trogdor · 04-12-2008, 05:26 PM

I rep you for your proggramming awesomocity.
what languages do you program?

Lucifer · 04-12-2008, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Icy Mt.

Name: Icy Mountain
Origins/Location: Central Ohio, USA
Age: 44
Sex: Yes
Hobbies: Electronic Gadgets of all kinds
Favorite Bands/Artist: Based on the # of songs in my Zune, Led Zep, Van Halen, The Beatles
Color Zune you own: Black 80 GB
Favorite hacks/mods, if any: Hard Drive like access to the Zune
Something about me: I've been programming and building/upgrading/repairing computers since the Apple [i], TRS-80, Commodore PET days. I have a BSEE from Purdue but I often type too fast and push buttons before I am sure what they do.

That is awesome, sounds like my life - mostly. anyway, Have fun here, welcome to the ZuneBoards.

Icy Mt. · 04-13-2008, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trogdor

I rep you for your proggramming awesomocity.
what languages do you program?

I've done these:
Motorola Machine Language (6800 series)
Intel Machine Language (8088 and prior)
Pascal
Basic
Fortran
C
HTML
Once I got out of college I realized I could make a lot more $$$ converting circuit designs into manufacturable products than I could make programming. I haven't coded anything seriously in 20 years. Unless you count Modicon/Gould Programmable Logic Controllers or HP Visual Basic for test stand programming. I couldn't program myself out of a wet paper bag on anything running Windows. The rep is most undeserved.

04-11-2008, 08:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
Icy Mt. Jr. Zuner Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 31 Reputation: 25	Introducing Icy Mt. Name: Icy Mountain Origins/Location: Central Ohio, USA Age: 44 Sex: Yes Hobbies: Electronic Gadgets of all kinds Favorite Bands/Artist: Based on the # of songs in my Zune, Led Zep, Van Halen, The Beatles Color Zune you own: Black 80 GB Favorite hacks/mods, if any: Hard Drive like access to the Zune Something about me: I've been programming and building/upgrading/repairing computers since the Apple [i], TRS-80, Commodore PET days. I have a BSEE from Purdue but I often type too fast and push buttons before I am sure what they do.

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Icy Mt. Jr. Zuner Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 31 Reputation: 25	Thanks everyone Mr. H: Yep, I've done a few laps around the place already. Saline: I celebrate my 19th wedding anniversary in June, so I'm not kidding around. LP: I hope to add some value. I already succeeded in podcasting to myself via XP Home to get around the Zune software limitations. I hope to get a tut up this weekend. Cameleon: I've only had my Zune for 6 days and I feel right at home.

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Icy Mt. Jr. Zuner Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 31 Reputation: 25	Jon: Yeah, I'm ancient but I got a Zune for my birthday! Chri(Z)tian: Love the Zune 80! zombii kitten: I can't read and I'm a born rule breaker. run: Tks vet: Oh, I've got questions. Hopefully some answers, too. gamer: You funny!

04-12-2008, 04:27 PM	#17 (permalink)
Icy Mt. Jr. Zuner Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 31 Reputation: 25	It's all zeros or ones My first real code was written for a Commodore 64, as in, 64kb of ram. It was a program to print banners on tractor paper. 100% typed in as machine language, no compiler, no programming wrapper, just a text editor. It had to be done that way to make the code tight enough to fit in 64k. Today's spoiled SDK developer's bloated code makes me want to slit my wrists with a 2GB memory stick. The first code I got paid for was a written on a hand built development system for the Motorola 6804. 2kB of onboard memory. Talk about tight code. It was for the first dishwasher to use a touch panel instead of mechanical pushbuttons. They told us it wouldn't sell. Everything was stored on 8" floppy disks.

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