I since have networked the Mac, including into the PC and Unix environments, and have written several programs designed to work on both the Mac and on the PC.
(Mac's are too easy to administer. It's a shame that it is a closed architecture.)

I've since programmed on the Mainframe in Ada, Cobol, DB2 and Fortran and in programming for Machine Tool Controls.

In the 1980's, I noticed the movement towards 'DownSizing' to Mini's and PC's and changed my focus more towards them.
One of these Mini's has included the AS/400 machines, but not yet enough to consider myself to be an administrator.

Since 1988 (when I became a Computer Contractor), I have programmed, set up and administered every version of Unix that I've listed.

I've worked on over 100 different Altos Xenix computers (many with Informix), setting them up, programming menuing systems and scripts, creating terminal, modem and leased-line connections, mainframe connections, installing hardware, troubleshooting hardware, software, operating systems, etc.
Because of the nature of the Altos Xenix computer (usually, it was the singular File Server within an organization), I administered every one that I worked on. (It was either 'me', or nobody.)
And, because of the popularity of Xenix, as well as the fact that it was based on AT&T Unix, it was close (especially System V) to SVR4 compliance (today's Unix Standard).

I began working on HP-3000's back in 1989, after becoming a Computer Contractor, programming them in Business Basic, Cobol and Fortran while administering each one of these Servers.
The HP-9000's are much better than the HP-3000's, since they are SVR4 machines, meaning they are more similar to the other Unix flavors.
I've setup, programmed and administered multiple HP-9000's, from singular Servers through WorldWide Networks.
I networked, configured and updated eight (8) HP-UX 9000's (seven E-K Series, one J Series running X-Windows, HP-Vue, 9.04 thru 10.20) for just one customer. I've also set up world-wide networks.
(Most of the HP-9000 assignments that I've accepted included Oracle Administration and Programming.)
I've installed, upgraded and configured Operating Systems and installed and configured the OpenSpool Printing Program, the OmniBack Backup Program and the Network Management Monitoring Program (amoung others).
And, I've made HP-UX work with Windows XX and with Novell.
(See the Hewlett Packard - SAM web page.)

I also began working on the SunOS back in 1989, after becoming a Computer Contractor.
It was the nature of the business at the time that, if you were to work on Unix, you administered it, too.
As a result, almost every Unix computer assignment included System Administration as part of the job description and I've worked on quite a few.
(Most of the Sun assignments that I've accepted included Oracle Administration and Programming.)
Since Sun also has its roots into AT&T, they are SVR4 machines, meaning they are more similar to the other Unix flavors.
(See the Solaris Admintool web page.)

By volume, SCO is the most popular of the Unix flavors and they are SVR4 machines.
Since SCO is partially owned by Microsoft, SCO now includes Xenix, while SCO Unix includes special 'hooks' into Windows NT for interconnectivity.
I have set up and administered multiple SCO Xenix and Unix PC's, both Servers and Enterprise Servers.

Linux is now the second most popular operating system.
Considering that it's 'free', it's surprising how complete and stable it is.
I've built multiple Linux PC's and Networks and am currently finishing up designing our own flavor of Linux call WiniX.
I've programmed 'daemons' initially on Linux that ultimately ran on Univel and Unixware (which I set up).
I've programmed using NetBSD (newer version is OpenBSD) for creating small memory modules, such as with embedded systems.
And, we include Real-Time Linux (RTOS) into the version of WiniX that we have created for making our own Complete Computer Control System.

I recently completed working on an Informix project running on AIX.

I am converted a SQL Library / Framework written in C and (primarily) C++ (Borland, Microsoft) from Windows NT and OS/2 to Sun Solaris (32/64Bit, GNU, CC), HP-UX (10.2/11, 64Bit, GNU, aCC), AIX (4.1, GNU, Visual Age) and Linux (32/64Bit, GNU), (with possibly AS/400 and SCO), POSIX Compliant, using CORBA (w/ IDL) and STL as well as Yacc, Lex and Java (approx 1,250,000 characters of source code) to connect to and interface with Oracle (7.x & 8.x), Microsoft SQL, Sybase, Informix, DB2, etc.
(See the C / C++ section of Languages.)
I set up HP-UX 10.2 and 11.0 (CDE/Exceed), Oracle 7.3 and 8.0 on 10.2 and Oracle 8.0 on 11.0. I set up the Sun Ultra 5.6 Sparc Server (OpenWin/Exceed) and the Intel Solaris 2.6, with Oracle 8.0 and Sybase, as well as the Linux. I am setting up AIX 4.1 with Oracle 8.0 and Sybase. I set up all of the various C Compilers and Administered the Servers.

I have set up DNS, NFS, NIS and Samba (for Microsoft Windows Connectivity - NetBEUI) on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, SCO and Solaris (as well as NFS on Windows XX), and have set each up as Web Servers.

I have set up and administered virtually every phase of Un*x based systems.

WiniX was a version of Linux that we designed specifically to run with
Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98
and Windows NT (3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 and 5.0 beta) with or without BackOffice.
It worked with them as a Very Inexpensive Super Server,
a Primary Domain Controller, a WINS Server, a DNS Server, a NIS Server
an Internet Server, a Print Server, a WorkStation,
or as a Total Replacement. It worked with Novell and Macintosh, too.

I have programmed and administered multiple VAX systems (usually with Oracle, too), including upgrading the system and in setting up UCX (TCP/IP) Networking.

We do have not included any VAX Systems in the network.

I've Networked Windows XX using NetBEUI, Novell IPX, TCP/IP, etc.
I've set up small Windows Networks using Windows for Workgroups 3.11, medium Windows Networks using Windows NT Server 3.51 and / or 4.0, or using Novell and large Windows Networks using multiple Windows NT Servers with BackOffice and Novell Servers 3.11 and 4.1.
I've set up Windows XX to interface with multiple Unix, including AIX, HP-UX, Sun, SCO, FreeBSD, Linux and including VAX.
I've set up Windows NT Domain Servers, Internet Servers (MIIS), Proxy Servers, Exchange Servers, Print Servers, DNS Servers, DHCP Servers, SNA Servers, SQL Servers and WINS Servers, both as Distributed Networks (Lans and Wans) and as single Servers running everything.

I Designed 'One of the Largest Windows NT Networks in the World'.
And, I've Automated Windows NT Servers (using my Unix knowledge) to have them virtually 'Administer Themselves'.

I've written multiple Assembler Programs and Routines (to interface with other programs) when I needed Pure Speed on the PC's prior to the 1990's (until I discovered 'C' as a Dos alternative), as well as writing a few different embedded controllers for the Intel and Motorola Chips.

When Quick Basic came out (allowing no line numbers and subroutines), I started with it immediately. (The first version of PIC was done with Quick Basic.

When Visual Basic 1.0 came out (for Dos and Windows), I immediately used it to rewrite PIC (before it was rewritten in FoxPro), as well as a whole number of other small programs.
I have worked with Visual Basic 1.0 (for Dos and Windows), 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0.
I have used Visual Basic to connect with Access (ODBC) and Microsoft SQL (VBSQL / DB32) as the Database for Multiple Applications, including NetCheck, the Windows NT Memory Analysis Program, the Maintenance Program, the Network and SQL Sampling Program and the Heads Up Data Entry WorkFlow Program, to name just a few.
I also wrote the Visual Basic Intelligent Front Panel software for controlling CNC Controls from Windows NT.
I created a miniature 'Virtual 3-Dimensional Database' that is created 'On The Fly' for a Health Care Provider (an extraordinary concept).
I corrected a Visual Basic Application which connects to an Oracle Database on an RS6000 via Modem by using ODBC and Oracle SQL connectivity.

I have written multiple VBScript programs for Web Pages using Internet Explorer. And, I've written multiple Modules with VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) to run within Microsoft Office.

(Additional details of Access Basic are located with 'Access'.)

I've had very extensive Visual Basic Libraries and Programs.

I converted a SQL Library / Framework written in C and (primarily) C++ (Borland, Microsoft, approx 8,250,000 characters of source code) from Windows NT and OS/2 to Sun Solaris (32/64Bit, GNU, Solaris CC and WorkShop), HP-UX (10.2/11, 64Bit, GNU, aCC with DDE), AIX (4.1, GNU, Visual Age) and Linux (32/64Bit, GNU), (with possibly AS/400 and SCO), POSIX Compliant, using CORBA (w/ IDL) and STL as well as Yacc, Lex and Java (approx 1,250,000 characters of source code) to connect to and interface with Oracle (7.x & 8.x), Microsoft SQL, Sybase, Informix, DB2, Access, SQLAnywhere, etc.

(I set up HP-UX 10.2 and 11.0 (CDE w/Exceed/ReflectionX/XServer/XClient), Oracle 7.3 and 8.0 on 10.2 and Oracle 7.3 and 8.0 on 11.0. I set up the Sun Ultra 5.6 Sparc Server (OpenWin w/Exceed/ReflectionX/XServer/XClient) and the Intel Solaris 2.6, with Oracle 7.3 and 8.0 and Sybase, as well as the Linux with Oracle 8.0 and Informix Dynamic Server. I am setting up AIX 4.1 with Oracle 8.0 and Sybase. I set up all of the various C Compilers and Administered the Servers.)

I wrote a C / C++ program to interface with Sybase on AIX to load, update, query, etc records.
I wrote it in a 'Visual Basic / PowerBuilder' style (which makes it easier for a 'non-c' programmer to make changes after the program is finished), including creating some routines similar to Basic / PB. I also made the program 'look' like the Sybase Database, creating Structures similar to the Sybase Tables and Functions similar to Sybase Routines and Stored Procedures.

I created a Web-Based, Cross-Platform Database Program (Prescription System) using HTML, Java and Perl (initially), and C / C++ (replacing Perl), for accessing foxpro/dbase/clipper '.dbf' style database tables, with Linux and Windows XX for a Doctors Office to provide Prescription Service between themselves and Pharmacies, initially to run on Linux, Windows NT Server and Windows 95 Personal Web Server, but all other platforms as well.
I created Scholastic software for the Board of Education to meet new Ohio laws for Lesson Plans, Reporting, ect., to run on Dos, Macintosh and Windows.
I created a 'daemon' with 'forked' processes in 'C' on Linux and Unixware for Socket Calls from PowerBuilder on Windows / Windows NT for Robotics.

I helped create the Server in Visual C++ for the Visual Basic Intelligent Front Panel Application.
I've helped write CNC Controls on Sun Solaris, including writing some 'Canned Cycles', as well as writing a few different embedded controllers for the Intel and Motorola Chips.
I completed a thirteen (13) week assignment with Kaiser Permanente for 'C' and 'C++' programming corrections that I completed in just six (6) days.
I've made multple corrections to programs written with Pro-C (Oracle).
I've also used 'C' as an alternative to Awk ('C' Syntax and Awk Syntax are quite similar) for creating Compiled Scripts when the task calls for it (as well as using it in conjuction with almost every other language on this page).

I've rewritten NetCheck in C++ (Cross-Platform) so that it can be used on Dos, Macintosh, Novell and Unix, along with Windows XX.

I created a new Development, while programming in C, C++ for connecting a Network PC Computer to a Turning Center, to totally control this device from the network.
I converted my FoxPro Business Management, Production and Inventory Database (PIC) and my Pascal and Delphi Analysis System into C++.
I then integrated all of this functionality with the rest of my program, compiled with the Operating System, itself to create an Intelligent Computer Network System capable of making decisions and taking action.

I've had very extensive 'C / C++' Libraries and Programs.

(Additional details of Perl are located with 'Perl'.)
(Additional details of 'C' and 'C++' are located with 'C / C++'.)

I've had very extensive CGI Libraries and Programs.

And, I've converted entire Cobol Applications into other languages, such as Progress,
as well as into MicroFocus Cobol and Visual Age Cobol for the PC.

I created an application first using DBase, then promoted it to Clipper 5.0 to track Fire Transactions for Municipalities.
I've created and maintained countless small DBase applications for small businesses, such as Automotive Sales, Employment Agencies, etc.

I've had very extensive Delphi Libraries and Programs.

I've since used it on Unix, all of which was program maintenance.
And, I've converted entire Fortran Applications into other languages, such as Progress.

My favorite is version 2.6b, since it is somewhat Cross-Platform, is readable by Visual FlagShip Pro (Linux and others), because I have a program which converts its code into 'C/C++' and because it works well with CodeBase (a database library for 'C', 'C++', Delphi, Java and Visual Basic).

PIC-II, which contains 10,000,000 characters of source code and 550,000 characters of help, is currently completely written in FoxPro 2.6.

I've had very extensive FoxPro Libraries and Programs.

I've had very extensive Informix Libraries and Programs.
(I've owned all of these versions of Informix).

I have, however created quite a number of Java Applets for Web Browsers, including some of these Applets into my CGI Scripts.

I've had very extensive Java Libraries and Programs.

I have written PL/SQL code to unload Oracle Tables (for the Regional Sewer District on a Vax System, when their Exports could not be fixed without an awaited Oracle upgrade).
I have troubleshooted Pro-C source code, PL/SQL source code, set up TNS and SQL*Net (networking) over TCP/IP and IPX/SPX and created mirrored test databases, while using the Oracle Replication Manager to manage a Distributed Network.
I have set up SQL*Plus, interfaced Oracle 6.* to work with Oracle 7.* (and visa versa), set up Export routines (for a World-Wide HP-UX / JCL Network) and used Oracle EBU (Enterprise Backup) for automated backups (to tapes).
Although I have not yet used it in production, I have learned the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console (with Navigator, Map Window, Job Scheduling System, and Event Management System) for complete administration and management on Oracle 8.0.
Finally, I have programmed with Oracle in Pro-C, SQL*Plus, Forms and Reports, Charts, Queries, Database Objects and Rrocedures (with the Project Builder), with several packages through Oracle Designer / 2000 and the Web Developer Suite.
I programmed in Visual Basic, Access and Oracle to Design and Create a Program for Auditing the Flow of Invoicing, from the actual Order through the final Invoice, while providing for corrective measures. I also corrected the setup and configuration of the Sun Sparc Server and Oracle Database.
I've also programmed Oracle Modules, such as Financials, Sales Analyst, etc.

(See the C / C++ section: I set up HP-UX 10.2 and 11.0 (CDE w/Exceed/ReflectionX/XServer/XClient), Oracle 7.3 and 8.0 on 10.2 and Oracle 8.0 on 11.0. I set up the Sun Ultra 5.6 Sparc Server (OpenWin w/Exceed/ReflectionX/XServer/XClient) and the Intel Solaris 2.6, with Oracle 8.0 and Sybase, as well as the Linux. I am setting up AIX 4.1 with Oracle 8.0 and Sybase. I set up all of the various C Compilers and Administered the Servers.)

Although I have programmed with Quick Pascal, I've primarily used Turbo Pascal (with Turbo Vision) and Borland Pascal ('Turbo Pro').

I've written Word Processors (in conjuction with Assembler, prior to the popularity of Windows), Databases, etc.

I also advised an Insurance Adjustment Firm (one day consultation) on Ten (10) improvements to their software package, utilizing Borland Pascal (and Delphi) and Microsoft SQL. Just four (4) of the suggestions resulted in savings of over 4000 hours of programming. We also improved database speed by a factor of five (5).

I purchased five programs for Data and Process Analysis that were written in Turbo Pascal (with Turbo Vison).
I originally converted one of the programs into Boland Pascal.
I then converted one (Control Chart Analysis) into Delphi (Pascal).

I've also used Perl as an alternative to Awk (Perl Syntax and Awk Syntax are quite similar) for creating Scripts when the task calls for it and as a 'C Runtime' for quickly testing Program Logic before compiling 'C' progams (especially CGI programs written in 'C').

I've had very extensive Perl Libraries and Programs.