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2024-12-10 3:48 am
I am super excited to have joined the Dronebot Workshop forums. I am a 48 year old 3d animator by trade. I initially set out to land a job at Pixar or Dreamworks but instead I create instructional videos for the aluminum can making industry where I get to animate CAD models of really crazy machines that make beverage cans. I am fascinated with engineering, physics, and science of all kinds and have recently, in the past year or so, have been tinkering with electronics, mainly the raspberry pi Pico and micropython. I am completely self taught through cool youtube channels like DBW, books, and good ol' fashioned trial and error (syntax mostly ;p).
My first computer was a Texas Instruments 99 4/a home computer which was my first encounter with programming and computers. This computer had a mind-blowing 16kb of RAM. I had to leave it on overnight sometimes because I couldn't save my work, that is until I got a cassette recorder. And here we are today, it's nothing short of amazing.
I am completely fascinated how the human race has been able to coax electrons into doing all sorts of magic.
I look forward to learning and sharing with this on-line community to talk about all this stuff.
Sincerely,
Sand Martian
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2024-12-10 10:50 pm
I am super excited to have joined the Dronebot Workshop forums. I am a 48 year old 3d animator by trade. I initially set out to land a job at Pixar or Dreamworks but instead I create instructional videos for the aluminum can making industry where I get to animate CAD models of really crazy machines that make beverage cans. I am fascinated with engineering, physics, and science of all kinds and have recently, in the past year or so, have been tinkering with electronics, mainly the raspberry pi Pico and micropython. I am completely self taught through cool youtube channels like DBW, books, and good ol' fashioned trial and error (syntax mostly ;p).
My first computer was a Texas Instruments 99 4/a home computer which was my first encounter with programming and computers. This computer had a mind-blowing 16kb of RAM. I had to leave it on overnight sometimes because I couldn't save my work, that is until I got a cassette recorder. And here we are today, it's nothing short of amazing.
I am completely fascinated how the human race has been able to coax electrons into doing all sorts of magic.
I look forward to learning and sharing with this on-line community to talk about all this stuff.
Sincerely,
Sand Martian
Welcome to the forum youngster. I am an 82 yo tube guy, only had introductory transistor class back in 1960. My first computer was a gift from Ferranti Packard (sp) Canada. It was analogue, didn't do much. After 40 years I owned my own computer consulting company with 2 employees. A lot of changes for sure.
I remember the TI99, I went through a few 'home' machines before the IBM PC. I remember looking at a 5MB 5.25" form factor HDD costing $5,000 for my PC. Today I was looking at a 1TB SSD possibly the fastest for $129. Talk about change.
I too am mostly self taught, is there another way?
I am currently struggling with Fusion 360, so if you are expert in that I will definitely pick your brain. I am autistic and have trouble learning now so CAD is a nightmare for me.
Take care, Ron (@zander)
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
My personal scorecard is now 1 PC hardware fix (circa 1982), 1 open source fix (at age 82), and 2 zero day bugs in a major OS.