Hello (Introduction to me :))

[Calv!n]

Hello everyone,



My name is Jonathan Janevski. I am 18 (19 July 30th), and I go by Calv!n on the internet.

I just currently registered here and I would like to say and introduce myself.

I like/love/am interested in the following:
-Counter-Strike (1.6 specifically)
-soccer
-friends/hanging out
-cars
-snowboarding
-music
-art/drawing
-cartoons/anime/movies/sports
-gaming/LANing
-Programming (C/C++, z80 ASM, TI-BASIC, XHTML, CSS, PHP (still learning))
-Computers/Technology/My PSP

I currently am admin/webmaster of a couple of sites that my friend and I run.
http://www.theping.org
http://www.thepiratelounge.net
They are dedicated to our belief that ~Knowledge should be free... ... so stay connected to your world!~ They are about hacking (not the n00b/skiddie malicious kind. Knowledge, and understanding), programming, PC knowledge, and just knowing more about stuff.

I LOVE to program. My love for programming started at a young age. I started drawing and designing games that I wanted to make, because I loved to game, so I thought, "Why not make my own?!" So I did. I finally found out how through the internet (ahh bless this gift!). My first programming started out by making games for Texas Instruments Calculators. I programming in BASIC, and then once I learned the limits of BASIC and how it wasn't powerfull enough, I moved on to assembly for the z80 microprocessor that ran the TI-83+. I programmed, made game or two, and lost interest. I moved onto C/C++. That is where I am now. I know quite a bit, but I am still learning. I would love to someday learn OpenGL. I love webdesign. I am currently learning to dev for my PSP. I love that thing to death, and I want to contribute to it and give to others. It's really being hacked and developed a lot more. That's why I programming http://www.theping.org so that it would fit perfectly on a PSP screen. xD Programming for the PSP feels a LOT like programming for TI calcs. That's why I am comfortable with it. I'm learning fast. It's great because you have a LOT more power to work with, and C/C++ is easier then z80 ASM, so I can perform stuff with simpler code.

My goal for this website is to learn a LOOOT more about programming. You guys seem to know a lot, and I'm hoping I can learn here, and share with you as well. I would REALLY love to learn how to hack my console hardware, and I would love to learn to program games for consoles and/or make emus. I have no idea where to start, but I would like to at least make 1 emu in my lifetime. No matter how simple it is. Hopefully I'll learn from looking around at this place. Thanks for the great site. I look forward to staying here for a while!

Greetz...
--Jonathan Janevski (Calv!n)

[bcrew1375]

Welcome to Emutalk, Calv!n. You seem to have followed the same language course I took, except I went with x86 ASM. There are quite a few talented coders here I'm sure you could learn from. If you are interesed in emulator development, you might want to look at the stickies at the top of this forum: http://www.emutalk.net/forumdisplay.php?f=30 The Chip-8 is probably the simplest system to emulate and will introduce you to the basics of emulation, but be warned that even a simple emulator like this requires a fair amount of knowledge about programming and the language you are using. The Chip-8 thread should have all the info you need to start writing one. Good Luck.

[Stezo2k]

Hey welcome to the site fella. hope you enjoy yourself

[Calv!n]

Thanks for the welcome guys!!

Yeah, from what I've been reading around the Chip-8 emu seems to be the easiest, but it still looks like it's rather hard. The thing is, you need to know a lot about the target machine you are emulating, and you need to know a lot about memory addressing. Good thing I know some z80 assembly. lol

Yeah, I really wanna learn a lot here. Hopefully I can become a well know, respected coder some day. I wanna be good at what I do.

[WhiteX]

Welcome.

[Doomulation]

The only thing that sounds bad about you is that you love the PSP and not the DS
Still, you seem like a nice addition

[Jaz]

A great introduction - the way it should be done.

Welcome to ET, have fun and contribute lots!

[t0rek]

Welcome buddy

[thepreserver]

Yes, welcome.

[The_Z]

Hey, you like Counter-Strike 1.6. Woo hoo. Welcome, by the way.