@JohnRAllen
Crafting Software since CP/M
Originally an assembly language dev in the late 70s, switched to C then C++ when it launched, wrote client/server desktop apps for windows 3.0 running on MS-DOS 4 and Novell File Servers. Recompiled code for 32bits and NT Servers, began XAML with C# and .Net with Windows 7 and onward today with WinUI 3. Have played with Docker, Azure. Love Go and am now working with HTML/CSS/Javascript and Web assembly.
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Dec 25, 2025 · 3 min read · In the early days of my programming career, under CP/M on 8-bit systems, user interfaces were defined in plain text files. These files described the layout of input/output screens— field positions, labels, attributes—for display on VDUs connected via...
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