Computing

My interests in computing and computer programming began in 1988. I had a BBC Micro Model B (with 32 kilobytes of RAM) with a cassette recorder to store files, a black and white television (with a tuning dial) as a visual display, and a 9 pin dot matrix printer. In about 1990, I moved to a BBC Master 128 with an 80 track double sided 5.25 inch floppy disc drive and a colour monitor (with a button to toggle the green monochrome display mode). Later, I had a 24 pin dot matrix printer. At this time I programmed mainly in BBC BASIC. I also began to program in C, using Beebug C.

In 1994, I got my first IBM-compatible computer. In 2016, I began using GNU/Linux. I use Debian. I prefer to use a command-line interface.

In 2019, my mum gave me my first Raspberry Pi computer. I use Raspberry Pi OS.

I mainly program in C, Bash, and GNU AWK.