Christian Pinder - Revision history

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 == Links ==
 *[[Elite: The New Kind]]
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3763 Elite - The New Kind] (BB: 2007)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3763 Elite - The New Kind] (BB: 2007)
 === External links ===

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 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.
-==External links==
+== Links ==
 * [https://www.christianpinder.com/ Christian Pinder personal website]
 * [http://mrj2000.free.fr/elite/ Elite TNK fan website] with downloads for Elite TNK

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-[[File:ChristianPinder.jpg|thumb|left]]
+[[File:ChristianPinder.jpg|thumb|right]]
-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|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]], to whom Pinder gave encouragement in the early phase of development.[https://oolite.livejournal.com/4487.html <sup><small>1</small></sup>]
-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]], to whom Pinder gave encouragement in the early phase of development.[https://oolite.livejournal.com/4487.html <sup><small>1</small></sup>]
+His work forms the basis of the [[Random number generator]] page.
 In 2020, Christian Pinder also released an upscaled Windows port of the Acorn Archimedes' Elite.
-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.
-* [http://www.newkind.co.uk Christian Pinder's personal website]
+==External links==
-* [https://www.christianpinder.com/ a newer personal website]
+* [https://www.christianpinder.com/ Christian Pinder personal website]
 * [http://mrj2000.free.fr/elite/ Elite TNK fan website] with downloads for Elite TNK
 [[Category:Classic]]
 [[Category:Developers]]

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 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|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]], whom he gave encouragement in the early phase of development.[https://oolite.livejournal.com/4487.html <sup><small>1</small></sup>]
+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]], to whom Pinder gave encouragement in the early phase of development.[https://oolite.livejournal.com/4487.html <sup><small>1</small></sup>]
 In 2020, Christian Pinder also released an upscaled Windows port of the Acorn Archimedes' Elite.

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 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|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]].
+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]], whom he gave encouragement in the early phase of development.[https://oolite.livejournal.com/4487.html <sup><small>1</small></sup>]
 In 2020, Christian Pinder also released an upscaled Windows port of the Acorn Archimedes' Elite.

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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 is now 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, as he has a self-portrait photograph there.
+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!
 * [http://www.newkind.co.uk Christian Pinder's personal website]

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