Ken Dakin
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| Image:KennethDakin.jpg Kenneth Dakin in Shropshire. |
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| Born: | 18 November 1948 Crewe, England |
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| Occupation: | Entrepreneur/ software author /IMAX film producer |
| Nationality: | British |
| Writing period: | 1968-2001 |
| Subjects: | testing, debuging, performance |
| Influences: | family genes |
| Influenced: | sons |
| Helicopter pilot | |
Kenneth Reginald Dakin (born November 18, 1948) is an English software developer and author of several software products for the IBM mainframe. He worked on the first interactive shared public spreadsheet at ICI Mond Division in the early 1970's and subsequently was CEO of Advanced Programming Techniques Ltd.
He was also a Director of Principal Media Group from 1997 during which time he was involved in the production of 3 IMAX movies including his conception and production of the 3D movie "Bugs!" about (real) insects.
He currently lives in Ellesmere, England.
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[edit] Works
[edit] Computer software
- OLIVER (CICS interactive test/debug)
- SIMON (Batch Interactive test/debug)
- "Command/CICS" - Macro level CICS to Command level CICS runtime translator.
- "CICS/3270 Simulator" - Batch simulator for IBM 3270 terminals.
- "Works Records System" - first shared public spreadsheet for ICI.
- "WARP" - Performance product for IBM mainframes.
[edit] IMAX movies
(in association with Principal Media Group)
- Bugs! - an 3D IMAX film about real bugs (insects), narrated by Judi Dench
- The Legend of Loch Lomond a Ghost story about the Legend of the Loch Lomond made for Balloch visitor centre
- Wildfire: Feel the Heat - an IMAX film about Wildfires in America
[edit] TV films
- "Gentlemen's Relish" with Billy Connolly and Sarah Lancashire
[edit] External links
- Bugs! website
- Wildfire box office takings
- Description & current distributor of Command/CICS
- Loch Lomond and tourist attractions and Balloch Large Screen Digital format cinema
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