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#MM Programmer Job

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#38586From: Fred MitchellJan 3, 1994 11:03 PM
Hi. I am a former C= Software Engineer, who has now gone independent. I know AmigaVision well, as I reviewed its source code and tested it at C=. Besides my extensive Amiga knowledge (4 years at C=), C experience (13 years), multimedia expert (was my primary involvement at C=), I would be interested to do this on a consultant basis. The only problem now is that I am currently involved in a 6-month contract FT, so I will only be able to devote part of my time to it. Still, I may be of use to you. -Fred Mitchell
#38614From: John GagerJan 5, 1994 3:47 AM
Welcome Fred! Fortunately for us, or unfortunately for you (depending how you look at it), it's nice to have the expertise of former C= engineer's here on CI$. I just wished CBM had a lot more employed software developers than they do now <g>. // John – (TechnoJunkie at heart) \X/ Mercury@ins.infonet.net
#38624From: Steve AhlstromJan 5, 1994 3:23 PM
John. Just a FYI … CBM is has hired at least one new software person recently and is looking to hire at least a couple more. They do have a documentation group again (albeit, small … but that's better than none). -sja
#38628From: Dale LarsonJan 5, 1994 6:30 PM
You mean CISCO (Commodore International Services Corporation), not CBM. They've always had a (user) documentation group. Though CATS had lost it's (programmer) documentation people, and some are now back. — Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing — INTERNET:dale@iam.com
#38634From: Steve AhlstromJan 5, 1994 8:28 PM
Dale, Well, whoever those people in West Chester work for that do stuff like autodocs <grin>.
#38831From: Fred MitchellJan 12, 1994 10:20 PM
Actually, I'm planning to do a Windows version of AutoDocs at some point. I should just do a straight port of my AutoDocs extractor from the Amiga, but I took advantage that you can address way more than 640K on the Amiga. Think I'll port it directly to NT (or win32) and not bother with the silly segmentation issues. What really galls me is that I'll have to spit out RTF format and then I'll have to run the Help compiler on it. I'd rather spit out Help format directly, but MushySoft hasen't seen fit to publish the format (though I understand it's been reversed-engineered). I still put all of my documentation in that format on my Windows projects. It would be sooo nice to extract them to Help format. All I need is a weekend free of kids! Not a chance! 🙂
#38877From: John M. VreelandJan 15, 1994 1:30 PM
I hope you do write that windows version. If autopilot serves the same purpose as this bug-ridden version of WinCIM I'm using then I'll buy it.
#38701From: Fred MitchellJan 7, 1994 9:38 PM
Hiya Dale. I see you've extended your consciousness here, too. I'm in my own self-created hell. Windows, PCs, and mainframes, too! (ACK!) I never knew what a true user-hostile interface was before I met the IBM 3270 (or is it 3720? 666? 🙂
#38828From: Brian CowanJan 12, 1994 8:35 PM
Don't forget the A**nineSystem/400. You want to kill a DOS PC, run PC Support/400. Onle network software I know that will cause the "MEM" command to hang _ON_IBM_PS/2s_ONLY_! It's bad when even IBM software hates IBM PS/2's Brian — Cruising on AutoPilot…..
#38830From: Robert ComerJan 12, 1994 9:56 PM
MEM doesn't hang our PS/2s… Though it definitely isn't that stable. (The OS/2 version seems pretty stable though.) Bob Comer — Flying high and fast with my A1200HD'030 on Autopilot! From Cheyenne, Wyoming U.S.A.
#38869From: Brian CowanJan 14, 1994 9:31 PM
Well, when the place I did temp work load PC Support/400, and Novell Netware on the same PS/2, and then threw Windows into the resulting mess, er, mix, all kinds of things happened. Brian — Cruising on AutoPilot…..
#38872From: Robert ComerJan 15, 1994 1:08 AM
Ugh… (I support a lot of machines just like that, and OS/2 machines with Novel token ring stuff AND and ethernet net.) A lot of the problems we've been having are the token ring drivers, not the PC Support stuff. (And genereal Windows blah.) Bob Comer — Flying high and fast with my A1200HD'030 on Autopilot! From Cheyenne, Wyoming U.S.A.
#38646From: John GagerJan 6, 1994 1:04 AM
Yep, I had heard that CBM was looking for some some programmers, especially those with good 'graphics' knowledge. Hmmmm….you don't suppose CBM is finally working on RTG <g>. Good to hear they have a few people for documentation again. Maybe we might see 3.1 RKM's after all. // John – (TechnoJunkie at heart) \X/ Mercury@ins.infonet.net