Most recent – A Battery Charger Multiplexer

I welcome your questions or comments – 

A little About

I started Zak Software in 1982 doing database and programming after leaving Eastman Kodak where I did roll coating, electronics development, testing and such. I went to Kodak in 1969 because I needed a “real” job – disco had started to kill the live band market and I had a family started. After a 15 year stretch I came to the realization that Kodak was a chemical company holding the belive that “Digital will never overtake the film business.” And that statement was made while I was in my lab using a 2-4 pixel digital chip to read the position of magnetic strip on file while it was being made. I decided it was time to start my own business – hence the beginning of Zak Software Inc.

When the net came along I got into it pretty quickly. Started by doing a few web sites and then decided I wanted one. I was working with Maria Friske and David Cowles – they formed our first “graphics department”. I wanted a site to put the various things Zaks and I did and I forget which one (if they every read this and it matters they can let me know) came up with this logo. Taking a look at it through the Wayback Machine at http://www.archive.org/web/web.php it shows what we’ve used it from 1996 to sometime in 1999.

I’ve thought about putting a site up with various stuff and found a copy of the logo. What the heck, it works and geez – it’s an antique.

So the stuff here is just anything I want to put somewhere. Some programming things that I found helpful, maybe they’ll help someone else or just make someone smile.

I’ve got a couple other sites – http://leonsmgb.com, http://leonsvolvo.com and of course https://zaks.com.

leon …

Musically Speaking

When I was 13 or 14 my sister got this idea to record her kids while they were young. With this in mind she bought a Wollensak 1/4″ tape recorder. This was a great idea – only she had no clue how to operate it. But you need to realize it was a different world then – you didn’t just push the button.

Here’s a list of some of the groups and people that are included – this is as I remember, but this starts over 50 years ago so if you remember it better than me, or I forgot someone, or I spelled your name wrong, please let me know:  CLICK HERE to read more and hear some music samples.

Bands

• The Galaxies
• The Majestics
• The Show Stoppers
• The Obsessions / The Vistas
• Jacobs Downtown Trolley
• Here Below
• Greenwich Mean
• Gunthers Bus
• The Fabulous Furys
• ZaksPack or ZaksPak or The PrattPack
• Justin Crossett Band
• Bordertown Country Rock
• The Krista Hartwig Band
• McKain Miller Band
• The Hey Red Band