RE: worst RPG ever seen? -- RPG400-L

I'm going to get smacked down for this: 
The Amiga was the most "stable" and capable pc of its day, and after more
than a decade of idle (read non-existant) development can still do things
that the newest wintel machine can't even dream of...
Sort of reminds me of the #1 computer on my two entry list of the computers
ever

Duane Christen

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Dunno what this turn of the thread has to do with bad RPG, 
but . . .

Back when I was a University student, (CSU Long Beach, BS 
in Computer Science, Class of 1985), I worked a couple of 
summer jobs with my old high school, first as acting A/V 
technician, then (the following summer, when the librarian 
had convinced the district to fund a permanent A/V 
technician) as the tech's assistant. Then, straight out of 
college, I worked a couple of temporary assignments with 
the Los Angeles Unified School District, first as a 
maintenance worker, then as a computer repair technician. 
So I've been a civil servant. It can be very rewarding, 
but make no mistake, civil servants are expected to 
*work,* and they're often expected to work miracles with 
chewing gum and bailing wire.

Having trouble finding work as a programmer without 
benefit of friends or relatives in the business, I took a 
part-time job at the ice rink where I was taking figure 
skating classes. Shortly after that, I finally landed a 
programmer/tech writer/typesetter job with a small company 
called Oxxi, a publisher of software for the Commodore 
Amiga (!).

I left Oxxi exactly two years after I was hired, because 
the job stress was affecting my health: I was never 
recognized for anything I accomplished, and was constantly 
blamed for other people's hidden flaws. On the other hand, 
I kept the ice rink job, even though it was barely above 
minimum wage, because there, it was as if I could do no 
wrong. Likewise, about the time I was contemplating 
leaving Oxxi, my best friend started a video production 
business, specializing in figure skating competitions, and 
he quickly tapped me to work with him.

Four years, two and a half months after I left Oxxi, I 
began working for what is now Touchtone Corporation, 
teaching myself MI, CL, and RPG, and quickly transforming 
QuestView from dying product to continually improving 
flagship. I still kept the ice rink job, until I quit, 
only a few months shy of a decade with the company, over a 
dispute with the worst figure skating coach who ever drew 
breath; that particular ice rink has since been torn down. 
And I still work the occasional video crew at skating 
competitions.

I still work for Touchtone because this job is everything 
Oxxi wasn't. I get to work on a stable platform, with 
management that is scrupulously honest and magnanimously 
generous, and if I get yelled at, it's for something I 
actually did (or neglected to do).

--
JHHL