Boot Zero wrote:
I bet many of us have landed in interesting positions in technology.Eight bit computing is a nice escape from modern computing. So I ask readers of c.s.apple2 -- what do you do in the real life? What do you do for a living?
I work for the EDA Tools division of a Fortune-500 company (not Intel) developing software to verify billion-transistor processor designs. Performing a layout-to-schematic comparison for things that large is extremely non-trivial - at least if you want it to complete within your lifetime. We make extensive use of parallel processing algorithms. The work is fascinating, but if I revealed any more I'd have to kill you all :-).
By night, I maintain a sizable collection of classic hardware. Just finished a comprehensive inventory of my Apple 2 gear and software. > 200 boards of various types and about 400 software titles. My wife thinks I've overdone it! I call it fun.
The VHDL + FPGA bug has bitten hard and I'm spending time with my nose in the books getting up to speed. It's enough different from my day job to be intriguing.
Steve