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  • Shell, Perl and awk scripts
  • CGI and JavaScript
  • Backup
  • TCP/IP NIS NFS DNS
  • Internet and Intranets
  • EVA Storage Array. EVA scripting
  • SAN, F/C Fabric, Zones
  • Data Protector, DP scripting, DSL library
  • Hacking Sendmail configs
  • Security
  • Bridges, Routers and Gateways
  • Some experience of Firewalls
  • Crest and SWIFTAlliance share dealing systems
  • Writing and debugging raw postscript
  • Writing raw HTML

My wide experience of hardware and software, from disc only (no memory) serial machines through paper tape / punched card systems to the latest processors and peripherals gives me a useful insight when problem solving.

I have written many programs and systems in various assemblers, with and without structured techniques. I can work with 'C', but do not regard myself as a 'C' programmer.

I have had some exposure to databases and SQL, and managed systems that run databases, but am not a DBA.

Looking for excuses to build my Java expertise.

Processors I have known and understood
Burroughs TC500; GE415; PDP8/e; several early microprocessor development systems; Computer Automation; Prime; Texas DX10 and 9995; Onyx (68000); Fortune (68000); Vax 780; Apollo; Visula Tower; Sun; Sony NeWS; MicroVax; Mac vs 6-9; Amstrad games machine; HP 400, 700 and 800 series; Sun from Sun3 to E10000 running SunOS - Solaris 7. HP Workstations and servers at HP-UX 9, 10.20, 11 & 11i. Mac OSX

Computers owned: A G4 PowerMac, a 17" PowerBook and a 'Wallstreet' PowerBook running MacOSX (Unix); a PowerBook 5300, a Bondi Blue iMac and a Mac Classic II running MacOS; and a PowerBook 3400 almost running Linux.
Plus an Apollo 2500, an Apollo 415, a Mac LC, a PowerMac 6100 and an Amstrad (non-PC) in retirement.
With all that lot, is it surprising that I am only a non-expert user of the PC?

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Last updated 2 June 2004