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I have written a lot of code for Linux.
Bob Dole The internet is a great way to get on the net.
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Like a lot of old farts here I started before the PC was ubiquitous.
I was going to answer No until I read the detail of the question. I think you should have put a time limit, say the last decade, if you are trying to gauge current trends.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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My o my, aren't we old... at least that's a suitable excuse for clicking too fast 
(yes|no|maybe)*
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Trust me on this: compared to modern PCs, mainframes are toys!
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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I'm also slightly older... so... yeah... they were 
first-name basis with the zeropage... I miss those time 
(yes|no|maybe)*
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Ayup, me too. Among other things, I used my C64 to do some robotics programming, which definitely puts the work in the "toy" category. I also did some stuff in C# for Windows CE.
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Learned how to program a Garmin.
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Same story is here.
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I've been meaning to. Lord knows I have enough of their gear.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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It's not real hard because you don't actually program it per se it's more like a series of waypoints and other structures that you add in an .xml file, among other formats to a special directory and the machine recognizes. I might have some links to pertinent sites if the hamsters ever start behaving.
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Having written code for main frame computers, servo-hydrolic testing machines, and mini computers the answer to non-PC would have been yes.
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Indeed, mini-computers rock.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: mini-computers rock
They shouldn't, maybe you need to wedge it with something.
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It's the raised floor.
Well, in my case it's the cheap Ikea shelving I have them on.
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I started before PC's were even a glimmer in the mental eye of a hardware designer.
Mainframes, dont'cha know.
Then moved into embedded software and stayed there for a goodly number of years.
Which do I prefer? Depends really. It's a lot easier to do some things in a PC app, because you have such a huge framework beneath your code. But it's also easier to do some things in embedded code - because you haven't got any massive framework getting in your way. 
The fun thing is to do both - PC for HMI, net and storage, communications with embedded which handles sensors and real time interface that the PC is truly cr@p at...
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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<HeliumVoice>hyuk hyuk hyuk hyuk hyuk</HeliumVoice>
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... and a bunch of other toys: CDC 6000 series, IBM 360 series, IBM 7090 series, GE Timeshare, etc.
Grace + Peace
Peter N Roth, President
http://PNR1.com
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I've done a Cray YMP C90. That, to this day, is still my favourite dev box. And email box. The emails came really, really fast.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Started a project for the netduino plus: Collect data and push it to a webapp (WebAPI). This pushs data to clients (browser) via SignalR. Display chart with google-chart-api.
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Got some dev work to do for a Raspberry Pi but I currently can't find the time to get it started although I would love to get it to control the points and lights on my lads train set. Unfortunately I don't think it's powerful enough to do the project I really want and that is to have a video and audio input and then host a web site of the live input feed, so sort of a 1 way Skype.
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Before I jumped to C# I did quite a lot of embedded programming. Infra-red and microwave motion detectors, vehicle and driver's license barcode readers and biometric access controllers to name a few.
Real fun comes in using your PC or mobile device to control these devices, In university I edited my one project to receive sms's and control a relay switch, I connected it to my kettle in my dorm room. Thus in the cold winter days I would start boiling my kettle when we left the classroom by just sending an sms 
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I once wrote code for a PIC microcontroller, doing data acquisition that required precise timing. It was only a single page of code, and I actually had to count instructions to get the timing right. We were triggering a sensor at one interval, and an audible alarm at another.
The project was for a local raptor[^] rescue center, so the whole thing was...
... wait for it ...
for the birds.
Software Zen: delete this;
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