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Christian Pinder was born in 1971, and has been programming since the early 8-bit days. |
Christian Pinder was born in 1971, and has been programming since the early 8-bit days. |
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| − | He became well known to the Elite community after reverse engineering the original BBC Micro Elite sources, and re-engineering them in C, calling the result [[Elite:_The_New_Kind|Elite - The New Kind]] (or just Elite TNK for short). TNK was ultimately ported to a number of different platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, the BSDs, Solaris and some handheld platforms. Sadly, after the game was given a restrictive EULA by a third party, [[David Braben]] could no longer ignore TNK, and requested it be removed. It |
+ | He became well known to the Elite community after reverse engineering the original BBC Micro Elite sources, and re-engineering them in C, calling the result [[Elite:_The_New_Kind|Elite - The New Kind]] (or just ''Elite TNK'' for short). TNK was ultimately ported to a number of different platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, the BSDs, Solaris and some handheld platforms. Sadly, after the game was given a restrictive EULA by a third party, [[David Braben]] could no longer ignore TNK, and requested it be removed. It became quite hard to get as a consequence, although since September 2014 it is available again at [http://www.new-kind.com Elite:The New Kind]. This work did however inspire [[Giles Williams]] to write [[Oolite]]. |
According to Pinder's website, he is "damn handsome, has an excellent sense of humor and is very modest". Readers can make their own mind up! |
According to Pinder's website, he is "damn handsome, has an excellent sense of humor and is very modest". Readers can make their own mind up! |
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* [http://www.newkind.co.uk Christian Pinder's personal website] |
* [http://www.newkind.co.uk Christian Pinder's personal website] |
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* [https://www.christianpinder.com/ a newer personal website] |
* [https://www.christianpinder.com/ a newer personal website] |
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| + | His work forms the basis of the [[Random number generator]] page. |
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Revision as of 12:08, 2 April 2021
Christian Pinder was born in 1971, and has been programming since the early 8-bit days.
He became well known to the Elite community after reverse engineering the original BBC Micro Elite sources, and re-engineering them in C, calling the result Elite - The New Kind (or just Elite TNK for short). TNK was ultimately ported to a number of different platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, the BSDs, Solaris and some handheld platforms. Sadly, after the game was given a restrictive EULA by a third party, David Braben could no longer ignore TNK, and requested it be removed. It became quite hard to get as a consequence, although since September 2014 it is available again at Elite:The New Kind. This work did however inspire Giles Williams to write Oolite.
According to Pinder's website, he is "damn handsome, has an excellent sense of humor and is very modest". Readers can make their own mind up!
His work forms the basis of the Random number generator page.
