Name: Edwin van der Heide
MSX-Callsign: Impuls Corporation
Other callsigns: Ignition, Reverb
Birth: 12-10-1974, Brampton/Canada
Currently living in: Leiden, Holland
Occupation MSX: Programming/ Music/ Gfx (if you may call it that...)
Current Occupation: Programmer/ Analyst/ Web Interface builder
Hobby: Music Composer, Skeelers
MSX Main products:
MGF Magazine 1 - 17
MGF Music Collection 2 (Music)
MGF Music Collection 3 (Code + Music)
Houz 2 (Music)
HouzMania (all)
The Orbit (all)
Alto (code)
Tweety's Choice (code)
Trilogy (code + music)
Techno Trance (all)
Techno Trance 2 (all) Never Released
Small Projects:
Opl4 replayer for MWM
Map.com (with Map restore)
ScrollMania 1 (Yet another Basic)
ScrollMania 2 (Yet another Basic)
Impulsive Splits 1 (My first Ml Demo!)
Impulsive Splits 2
Impulsive Splits 3
And many more contributions I can't think of...
Biography
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I started with my first MSX with a tape recorder (MSX1) when I was 14 year. It was so doll, that I wanted more.
I then came in contact with Arjan van Kooi, and he had and MSX also. We started to exchage stuff and it was fun!
Then I started an intrest in MSX-Basic, after I bought my first MSX2 the Basic knowledge began to evolve.
In the late '80 I was confronted with Kun_Basic, and this was FAST! for the time being (and for a BASIC programmer).
I could almost programm something in KUN, that an ML'er could code. Sometimes I even rewrote demo's (like te shutlle demo of UMF)
in KUN just to see how fast KUN could be.
In de ealy 90's I came in contact with MGF. I told them that I created lotst of music, but never had a real purpose for it.
Jan Van Valburg (main programmer of MGF at the time) created a player which could play my music. Mgf Music Collection 2 was born.
When Jan left to Manchester City, MGF didn't have anyone who could create any code. That's where I came in. Starting with BASIC MGF Magazine 1
was born. While I developed my programming skilles, so did MGF Magazine.
After releasing MGF Mag 7, I began to evolve an interest in ML (Assembly if you like). It was another door, another heaven...
While developing my programming skills, my music also developed. I became in contact with chords etc.. and last but not least the opl4!
The opl4 really boasted my music skilles. MSX-Audio sucked big time, and opl4 ruled!
While I was a full time coder and musician I got Pfeifer (that's that illness when a person gets very tired).
This illness didn't stop me, so I went on coding and composing.. Until... Study...
I had to work at a company in Gouda, and I was working more on my study, then on my coding skills (however, my study had everything to do with coding
)
When I reached MGF Magazine 18, I thought it was time to pass the torch. I gave all the sources and method descriptions to MGF on how to develop there MGF Magazine.
I was too busy working on my study... I was able to programm a piece from time to time, until my Turbo-R computer suddenly stopped...
And that's where my MSX story ended... My MSX stopped... Suddenly... So did I...
After 5 years, Arjan van Kooi (the same guy who introduced me to the MSX-Scene) came with an MSX NMS 8250... I thought 'give me, give me..'
And here I am again. Ok, not as active as in the past, but alive and kicking!
Gtx, Impuls Corp.
Geplaatst: 10 Februari 2004, 21:09 
Say euhm, about those products you created... we would not mind hosting them in our Downloads database or Webshop if you'd like to show them to other MSXers 