In the mid-1980’s, I’d owned a used TRS-80 Model I for about a year when I had a yearning for a newer system. I only had cassette-based storage which proved to be unreliable. I had a 16K machine and I had a few games and tools for the TRS-80. I learned Z-80 assembly language and I was having a lot of fun tinkering, but that particular line of computers had met its end.
In the early 1990’s, I began writing for a few of my favorite technical magazines. Here is a mostly-complete list.
Windows/DOS Developer’s Journal, September 1992
A Universal EXE-to-BIN Conversion Utility ( Tech Tips ) and More on Copying Large Data Chunks in C ( Tech Tips ) The second entry was co-authored by my friend Roger Samaan.
Windows/DOS Developer’s Journal, March 1993
Converting a Windows Screen-Saver into an Application ( Tech Tips )
I was a little choked up when I read Andrew Binstock’s post Farewell, Dr. Dobb’s :
http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/farewell-dr-dobbs/240169421
The articles in the magazine were a powerful influence on the quality of my technical skills.
In early 1987, I was in the final quarter of a vocational/technical programming curriculum. I would soon be out looking for gainful employment as a computer programmer. I read a fair number of computer magazines at the time, but most specialized in the Commodore 64 family of computers.