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Richard Downer

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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I've been a professional software engineer since 1999, and have worked in a wide range of industries and technologies:

  • Cloud computing on Java
  • Website development in C# and ASP.NET (with a little bit of ASP.NET MVC too)
  • GIS applications in C#
  • Telecoms hardware in VxWorks and C++

...and have used just about every platform!

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Top Questions
59 votes

What is the “two-drive trick” that can read Amiga disks on a PC?

amiga ibm-pc floppy-disk asked Nov 14 '19 at 19:56
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

29 votes

Did non-voters outnumber the supporters of each political party in the UK in 2010?

politics united-kingdom voting asked Apr 19 '17 at 14:31
skeptics.stackexchange.com

27 votes

Why is the Amiga ROM at a high memory location, and RAM in low memory?

amiga memory-layout motorola-68000 asked Jul 25 '16 at 9:16
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

25 votes

Why are there two, different, Kickstart 1.3 ROMs with the same 34.5 version number?

amiga emulation asked May 2 '16 at 10:41
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

22 votes

Does the “Amiga Client for Novell NetWare” exist?

amiga software network novell-netware asked Apr 6 '20 at 16:05
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

20 votes

Why is the RM Nimbus PC-186 not IBM PC compatible?

rm rm-nimbus rm-nimbus-pc-186 asked Nov 27 '17 at 12:15
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

17 votes

I've taken my Amiga computer out of storage after several years and it doesn't work. What's the likely cause?

amiga repair asked Jun 9 '16 at 21:46
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

15 votes

How do Amiga “Monitor” drivers work?

amiga video asked May 9 '18 at 15:51
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15 votes

How do I attach and use a CD-ROM drive to an Amiga?

amiga cd-rom asked Jul 29 '16 at 16:06
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14 votes

Amiga 1200 Kickstart ROM upgrade, white screen

amiga commodore kickstart asked Jun 27 '10 at 9:07
superuser.com

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Top Answers
78
How to search text throughout entire file system?
unix.stackexchange.com

35
asp.net mvc: how to detect when a page is called using ajax
stackoverflow.com

26
How do you feel about being asked to code during an interview?
softwareengineering.stackexchange.com

22
What is the relationship between Amiga audio and the MOD music file format?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

19
I've taken my Amiga computer out of storage after several years and it doesn't work. What's the likely cause?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

18
How are Amiga libraries structured?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

16
What is the benefit of increasing Amiga chip memory?
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13
Will PC-DOS run faster on 4 or 8 core modern machines?
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11
Start application after Amiga Workbench 1.3 boot sequence
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10
Why is it bad to have open ports?
superuser.com

10
Extended ROMs on the Amiga CD32 and CDTV
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

9
How do I add multiple internal drives to an Amiga 2000?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

8
How can I adapt a modern mouse for use with Amiga?
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8
How does the Kickstart ROM load and start workbench?
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7
Restore corroded AT motherboard with dead CMOS battery
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6
Why do we need the reboot function in different binaries?
unix.stackexchange.com

6
Is emulation ultimately the future of retro computing?
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