Retired developer. Entered the world of software via designing and building gadgets and special test equipment for a UK telco. This led from analogue design via 74-series ttl to 8085 and Z80 based designs, and from there via (in order of obscurity- does anyone else actually remember these?) ISIS-II, TurboDOS, MDBS-III, PL/M, CP/M, BASCOM86, QuickBasic, SuperBase, VB, and Access to VB.Net, SQL Server, C#, and WPF.