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From: macsuppor@a1.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis)
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Subject: Re: About as cool as cool can be....
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 23:50:47 +0100
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Craig Graham <c_graham@hinge.mistral.co.uk> wrote:

> I wrote my own assembler for the 6809 when I was 12. I couldn't afford tobuy
> one as I only got 2.00uk a week pocket money, so I had to write my own
> - and I couldn't afford the CPU manual, so I crabbed op-codes from the
> listings you used to get in Dragon User (if an op hadn't appeared in a
> listing,
> my assembler didn't support it)
> I wrote my first game in assembler on the 68000 when I was 13 (C7, on the
> atari).
> I won't say anything age related (some of the best programmers I've come
> across
> have been under 16).

Ok, I did not want to offent you. But if you realy did all this at that
age, you sure are very special. And most coders are not that skillfull.
Also, I remember that I played with Transformers, Mask and StarWars at
the age of 12. Not to forget Lego. Those are normal activities for that
age. Programming your own assembler is not a normal activitie at that
age. I wonder how you got all the knowledge.
I still would like to see a NY game you made.


> Age is nothing.....talent is something. Love of it is everything......Craig.

Tell that to your 90 year old granny ;-)

DEnnis...