Diagnosing and repairing hardware and software problems on IBM PC and compatibles.
1984 - 8/31/2003
Information Systems Consultant, State of Tennessee Government.
Diagnosed and repaired hardware and software problems on IBM PC and
compatibles.
Supplied expertise for establishing and maintaining state-wide in-house
PC maintenance.
Developed bid specifications for IBM PC purchasing contracts.
Third level hardware and software support for the State-wide Helpdesk.
Maintained Pascal/Delphi skills on diverse program modules and tasks.
1981-1984
Manager, Technical Support, The Computer Shoppe, Nashville, TN
Maintained diverse microcomputer systems: IBM, Apple II, Apple III,
Apple Macintosh, Sony, Zenith H89. Used Basic, Pascal, Dbase III, and Lotus
123 to generate demo/sales programs, and satisfied customer special requests.
1980-1981
Electronic Engineer, Harrison Systems, Nashville, TN
Participated in the design of multi-processor hardware for audio mixing
consoles, to record and retrieve console settings under program control.
Did layouts and taped printed circuit boards.
Programmed EPROMs, PROMs and FPLAs needed for these circuits.
Wrote machine language drivers for the Z80, 8085 and 6502 CPUs.
Side Line Projects
Wrote +30K line Pascal/Delphi program for hire on a +5year project.
Field serviced Gamma Cameras, imaging human organs on a scintillation
crystal.
Designed and built a data acquisition interface and image processing
program for the Apple II PC.
Designed and built a digital voltmeter adapter for the IBM PC, which
interfaced through the printer port.