As the world's most successful unknown author, Dave Busch has written some 2500 magazine articles and 50 books since 1970, rising from oblivion to obscurity in less than three decades. He is best known in the computer industry as the former CEO of Kitchen Table International, the world's leading supplier of fictitious hardware, software, firmware, and limpware.
Dave graduated minima sine laude from the University of California at Phoenix in 1970 with a degree in Slide Rule Design, and quickly built KTI into a multi-thousand-dollar empire, chiefly on a foundation of selling maintenance upgrades for DROSSDOS-8E, an early microcomputer operating system that was a subset of CP/M.
In 1981, Dave patented the first 32-bit microprocessor, created by piggy-backing two 16-bit chips on top of each other. Personal computers using the innovative chip were originally marketed as symmetric multiprocessor products, until it was discovered that, at best, only one of the two chips actually functioned at any given time, and, at worst, they spent a lot of time fighting over whose turn it was.
The KTI research and development staff gradually phased Dave out of active participation by relocating to a
new, high-tech facility and not telling him where it was. Today, he is involved only in the testing phase of KTI
products. If his staff wants to see if a product is truly idiot-proof, they call on him.
In the weeks to come, this page will provide a wealth of tips and tricks and sample images from Dave's latest imaging books published by MIS:Press. With each visit, you'll find some new ideas, useful information and web sites, always leavened with a touch of humor. "You can take your work seriously without taking yourself too seriously," Dave says. He's already stacked the pages with some interesting images from his books, and will update them regularly.
