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Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup

From ahodgkin@gmail.com
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Subject Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup
Date 2012-04-26 01:50 -0700
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On Thursday, April 26, 2012 8:49:38 AM UTC+1, Dev wrote:

> Was not the great and awesome Acorn of blessed memory the pinnacle of
> your career?

Oh, definitely not. I mean as a corporate entity, Acorn was a bit of a disaster, right? Hardly a shining example of commercial success in the twilight years when I was there.

I think it was amongst the most talented group of engineers and nicest people I've had the pleasure to work with, for sure. The work I did on the VideoCtrl stack was important as it set a pattern of proposing and developing larger scale component based software and developing a complete architectural overview of a bigger system.

In terms of personal achievements though, I think stuff I've since done either personally or as a contractor has been more important, far more widely used, better implemented - and better paid. Greater experience generates better software.

-- 
TTFN, Andrew Hodgkinson
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Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Andrew Hodgkinson <ahodgkin@rowing.org.uk> - 2012-04-23 22:25 +0100
  Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Alan Griffin <ajg@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-23 23:36 +0100
    Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-04-24 08:58 +0100
      Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup ahodgkin@gmail.com - 2012-04-24 06:08 -0700
        Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-04-24 19:36 +0100
          Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup ahodgkin@gmail.com - 2012-04-25 08:37 -0700
            Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-04-26 08:49 +0100
              Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2012-04-26 09:56 +0200
              Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup ahodgkin@gmail.com - 2012-04-26 01:50 -0700
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup ahodgkin@gmail.com - 2012-04-26 14:21 -0700
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-04-26 23:49 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup ahodgkin@gmail.com - 2012-04-27 00:57 -0700
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-27 10:08 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 10:18 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 09:26 +0000
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup ahodgkin@gmail.com - 2012-04-27 04:14 -0700
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 14:45 +0000
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 15:30 +0000
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-04-27 20:24 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 17:34 +0200
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-04-27 12:40 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 13:50 +0200
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup ahodgkin@gmail.com - 2012-04-27 06:36 -0700
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-04-27 20:47 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 13:33 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-04-27 14:36 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 16:19 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-04-27 20:52 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 23:46 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-28 00:00 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 14:49 +0200
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 14:31 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 17:26 +0200
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-04-27 22:17 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 23:13 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-04-27 08:58 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Tennant Stuart <tennant@orpheus.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 18:01 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-04-27 18:28 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Tennant Stuart <tennant@orpheus.co.uk> - 2012-04-29 13:27 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2012-04-29 13:53 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Tennant Stuart <tennant@orpheus.co.uk> - 2012-04-29 23:36 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup ahodgkin@gmail.com - 2012-04-30 06:06 -0700
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-30 15:15 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-04-30 15:59 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup ahodgkin@gmail.com - 2012-05-01 01:01 -0700
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-05-01 10:24 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup charles <charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> - 2012-05-01 18:47 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-05-01 23:27 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-05-02 19:40 +0200
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup John Kortink <kortink@inter.nl.net> - 2012-04-27 20:45 +0200
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup druck <news@druck.freeuk.com> - 2012-04-26 23:06 +0100
                Re: Acorn/Pace/ROOL Risc PC for sale - Cambridge or Wakefield pickup ahodgkin@gmail.com - 2012-04-30 06:09 -0700

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