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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
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

22 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

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

16 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

16 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

14 votes

Amiga 1200 Kickstart ROM upgrade, white screen

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

13 votes

How do Amiga “Monitor” drivers work?

amiga video asked May 9 '18 at 15:51
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

13 votes

What did Enterprise do while the away team was underground on Regula?

star-trek the-wrath-of-khan asked Jan 23 '17 at 22:29
scifi.stackexchange.com

12 votes

Is the metal shielding required in all-in-one Amiga models?

amiga case shielding asked Sep 14 '16 at 22:25
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

10 votes

Will using a clockport RTC card on an Amiga 1200 clash with the RTC on an accelerator card?

amiga amiga-1200 asked Apr 24 '17 at 20:11
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

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Top Answers
65
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

21
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

17
How are Amiga libraries structured?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

16
What is the benefit of increasing Amiga chip memory?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

13
Will PC-DOS run faster on 4 or 8 core modern machines?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

11
Start application after Amiga Workbench 1.3 boot sequence
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

9
Why is it bad to have open ports?
superuser.com

8
Extended ROMs on the Amiga CD32 and CDTV
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

8
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?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

7
How does the Kickstart ROM load and start workbench?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

6
Restore corroded AT motherboard with dead CMOS battery
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

6
Why do we need the reboot function in different binaries?
unix.stackexchange.com

5
Is emulation ultimately the future of retro computing?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com