| Technical Skills |  |
This page lists the various skills I have gained in my career. To highlight my main skills, I have given a numeric rating (1-5) for each. The numeric ratings should be visible on the right. |
Used the product 1 Basic Skill 2 Average Skill 3 Above Average Skill 4 In-Depth Knowledge 5 |
| VM/ESA (CMS) | | |
| XEDIT | 5 | I have
experience of Xedit since 1984 and have written many macros using Rexx and
EXEC2. I have also written systems such as Mapedit and games such as Gimme4
which run entirely under Xedit control. |
| EXEC 2 | 4 | I have a
sound knowledge and have designed and coded a source library management system
using EXEC2. However since Rexx became available my dealings with have
diminished.
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| REXX | 5 | I have an excellent knowledge of Rexx and have written many macros and systems using the language. Systems include a BMS editor and Project Management |
| VM WINDOWS Extensive use of VM Windows | ||
| VM/ESA MISC In addition to the above, I have knowledge of the following VM products EXECIO, IOS3270, VPAC, VMFPLC2, MLOG |
| VSE/ESA (DOS) | COBOL 1 14 Years Experience Designed and coded stock control systems Designed and coded order processing systems Used pseudo-conversational techniques Developed in-house coding standards |
| CICS/ESA 14 Years Experience Used 7-Colour Basic Mapping Support Maintained CICS tables and JCL decks Used CEDF, CECI, CEBR, CEMT | |
| DL/1 14 Years Experience Designed DL/1 databases Maintained PSBs and DBDs Used DL/1 as primary DBMS for system design and coding | |
| VSAM 14 Years Experience Used VSAM Online and Batch Generated VSAM files using IDCAMS Used VSAM as secondary DBMS for system design and coding Basic knowledge of CBLVCAT | |
| SELCOPY 14 Years Experience Extesive use of Selcopy VSE for reports and updates Occasional use of Selcopy CMS | |
| VSE/ESA MISC In addition to the above, I have knowledge of the following VSE products FAVER (Backup), EPIC (Tape Management) |
| WINDOWS 95 (PC) | WORD 7 5 Years Experience Daily use for presentation work |
| EXCEL 7 5 Years Experience Basic knowledge for simple calculus | |
| POWERPOINT 7 5 Years Experience Created slide presentations for roadshow | |
| VISUAL BASIC
(ACCESS) 5 Years Experience Created many Access applications Excellent knowledge of application design Sound knowledge of Visual Basic Designed and coded SalePoint (EPOS System) | |
| HTML 4
(HOTMETAL) 2 years total HTML experience Designed and coded this website In-depth knowledge of HoTMetaL Pro 3 Used Internet Exporer 4 |
| MULTI-PLATFORM | GRAPHICS DESIGN
(PSP) 15 years total graphic design experience Designed computer stationery at Neopost Designed web and game graphics In-depth knowledge of Paint Shop Pro 4 (PC) Designed graphics using DPaint 3 (Amiga) Knowledge of Video Titling using Scala (Amiga) Created user defined graphics for games (VIC 20) Created a graphics design program in CBM Basic (VIC 20) |
| BASIC 15 years total experience See also section on Visual Basic Designed and coded Time Pilot using Blitz Basic (Amiga) Designed and coded games using CBM Basic (VIC20) Sold four games to a weekly publication | |
| MUSIC/SEQUENCING Knowledge of sampling and sequencing Used Soundblaster (PC) for 16 bit sampling Used Audiomaster (Amiga) for 8 bit sample editing Used OctaMed Pro 3 (Amiga) for sequencing Sequenced four dance tracks under the name K-OS |