This is the home page of David Schmenk.  Here you will find projects and interests I have been involved with over the years. 


My Brief Biography:

Born and raised in the MidWest.  Pretty uneventful except for a few highlights.  My folks bought me an Apple ][ in 1980 which cost $1200.  That is $3,130 in 2010 dollars.  Can you image spending that kind of money on a 14 year-old for something that nobody was familiar with?  Luckily their investment paid off.  In 1985, my dad bought for me a five year-old RX-7.  My first sports car.  I still can’t image what prompted him to do such a crazy thing.  But he ruined me for life.  Between the two of us, we’ve owned or own six RX-7s from all three generations.



Solipsistic Software (and Hardware):

Software (and hardware) should be designed for the user.  If the user is the designer, so much the better.  I have the benefit of writing software for myself, doing what I want, how I want.  In this regard, there are others in the past that have broken from the ranks of traditional design and thought, truly doing things differently with themselves in mind.  Here are a few I’ve taken inspiration from:

Steve Wozniak

Chuck Moore

Jef Raskin


Project Pages:

Retro-Computing Projects

GitHub Projects

Astronomy Camera

Car Toys

Projects Blog


Project Videos:


Apple ][ 30th Birthday Project




















Tracking the 1972 BMW 2002




















Tracking the 1993 Mazda RX-7




















Having fun in the snow
























Feel free to browse around and drop me a note if you wish.

Lake Cam

Current Conditions

Lake Tahoe

Dave Schmenk

David Schmenk

Vintage Apple 6502

NVIDIA

NV02 BMW 2002

RX-7

HBCC

Escape from the HomeBrew Computer Club

VM02 Java JVM

Solipsistic Software