User:Terrybarratt/sandbox

Terrance Wayne Barratt


 * Born Halifax Nova Scotia January 16,1950.
 * Known as Terry, T, T-Bone, Wyred, Terr.
 * Attended High School on CFB in Hemer Germany from 1968-1970.
 * Played Junior Hockey in Europe for the year 1968-1969.
 * Started The Bluegrass a band in Hemer Germany with Ed Hood, Darryl Finnigan, Brian Graham and Jari Ristola.
 * Moved to Lahr Germany in 1970.
 * Returned to Canada in 1971 to CFB Valcartier, Quebec.
 * Attended St. Lawrence College as Electronic Technician.
 * Started Career in Ottawa at Cesco Electronics.
 * Escaped to Calgary Alberta to start work with L.A. Varah Ltd.
 * Transfered to L.A. Varah Ltd, Hamilton Ontario.
 * Learned Assembly Language Programming on the Intel 8080 and the Motorola 6800 microprocessors.
 * Started work for Zentronics Ltd. in Calgary, Alberta.
 * Re-employed by L.A. Varah Ltd on the release of the Osborne Computer.


 * Started his own software company to develop applications for the microprocessor market.
 * Developed a RAD Tool called Nucleus using CBasic.
 * Created Membership Database Applications and Inventory Management Systems using Nucleus.
 * Later integration with Sharp Cash Register to create an application called The Detailer for Hamax Data Systems.
 * Developed a RAD Tool called TSM (Transactual Systems Manager) using QBasic
 * Created POS Point of Sale System using TSM with a microprocessor.
 * 1st Tested a voice recognition version of the POS on an 80286 CPU in 1983.
 * Created KeyMailer and KeyLibrarian for Softkey Software Products Inc. in 1983.
 * Created The Simply Series of applications using TSM.
 * Created a variety of applications from accounting to investment portfolio ledgers to
 * Created UNIQUE Point of Sale System using TSM.
 * Developed a RAD Tool called Dynabase using QBasic
 * Created The Edge (POS and Payment Remittance System) in 1992.
 * Created nexPOS with Taylor Barratt in 1997.
 * Sold nexPOS to Oshawa Foods in 1998.