Old Skool
I came upon a backup CD I made in 1998 containing a lot of my files from early net-dom. Included in the backup were most of my TI-85 programs, the TI-85 PC link program, and some of the web pages I made for my TI-85 programs. Some of the programs seem very pointless, but I really enjoyed making them at the time. It was my first programming environment, and can be fully credited with creating my interest in computer programming. For grins, I'll post a link to ASCII versions of the programs, and the web pages I created.
I also found the program I wrote as my final project for the CIS-1 class I took at Hartnell Community College during my Senior year of high school. It is an encryption program that is ridiculously easy to break - it just shifts the characters by a fixed amount. This way, an 'a' becomes an 'f', and a 'b' becomes a 'g'. Hey, I was 17. I also remember getting a computer virus on our home PC, and then accidentally transferring the virus to my friend Jason Liao's home PC via this program. He was pissed! What's even more funny is the README file I created to accompany the program. My god, I was arrogant. Here are the contents of the file:
Help for Encrypt 2.0! **************To start the program, use 'new' for your password********** Thanx for downloading my little proggie here. I know it's not much but it's kinda fun to encrypt stuff even though it's not a really complicated algorithm (go ahead, look at the source code!). I have included a cool icon I made, too. This program was designed using Borland Turbo C++ for Windows, 4.5. It's got a few cool features like: - encrypts your password, so nobody will peek at it - keeps reacords of the time/date of encryptions/decryptions - allows you to change your password - views text files - lots of other cool stuff..... Any suggestions are welcome, just so long as you don't trash on my 2 hour hack...... Scott Kidder Gumby123@aol.com Scooter B Software motto: "World domination, here I come!"