Boot Zero wrote:

> I bet many of us have landed in interesting positions in technology.
> 
> Eight bit computing is a nice escape from modern computing.  So I ask 
> readers of c.s.apple2 -- what do you do in the real  life?  What do you 
> do for a living?

I work for the EDA Tools division of a Fortune-500 company (not Intel) 
developing software to verify billion-transistor processor designs. 
Performing a layout-to-schematic comparison for things that large is extremely 
non-trivial - at least if you want it to complete within your lifetime. We 
make extensive use of parallel processing algorithms.  The work is 
fascinating, but if I revealed any more I'd have to kill you all :-).

By night, I maintain a sizable collection of classic hardware.  Just finished 
a comprehensive inventory of my Apple 2 gear and software.  > 200 boards of 
various types and about 400 software titles.  My wife thinks I've overdone it! 
  I call it fun.

The VHDL + FPGA bug has bitten hard and I'm spending time with my nose in the 
books getting up to speed.  It's enough different from my day job to be 
intriguing.

Steve
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