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I was raised on a farm in Kansas and graduated from Wichita State University. I have been editing Wikipedia (as a hobby) since June 2010.[https://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?fn=peabody_gazette-bulletin_usa_kansas_peabody_20150902_english_1 Peabody native "adopts" 700 Kansas towns; Peabody Gazette-Bulletin; Page 1; September 2, 2015.]

I'm an Embedded Design Engineer. Most of my professional experience has been a Software Engineer, but part of my job at various companies and contracting has also included Field Applications Engineer, Systems Design, Hardware Design, Schematic Capture, PCB Layout, Parts Purchasing, Product Assembly, Testing, and more. My unabridged resume is 6 pages. For privacy and security reasons, most of my employment history isn't stated. The following is listed in reverse chronological order.

From 1990 to 1999, I was the Sysop of New World Information Service (NWIS) BBS. It was a free multi-line dial-up modem-based service that ran on Wildcat! BBS software. The BBS primarily targeted engineering and technical users.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101130201702/http://www.vectorbd.com/bfd/bbsinfo/engrgbbs.lst Engineering Oriented Bulletin Board Systems Directory; New World Information Service BBS (aka Steve Meirowsky); 1992.] This was a hobby project.

In the early-1990s, I was the author of a useful MSDOS shareware named PathTool. It's last release was version 2.3 and can be found in MSDOS archive collections as PATHTL23.ZIP.[http://ftpmirror.your.org/pub/misc/dos/cdrom-1995-04-walnut-creek-best-of/files/discs/lacol/00index.txt Best of DOS Shareware CDROM; Walnut Creek; April 1995.][https://web.archive.org/web/20190710014813/http://cd.textfiles.com/ccbcurrsh2/DOS_UTIL/PATHTL23.ZIP PathTool v2.3; New World Designs (aka Steve Meirowsky); Released March 3, 1994.] This software allows a user to modify the PATH and INCLUDE environment variables, which are commonly used by compilers and other development tools.[https://archive.org/details/msdos_shareware_fb_PATH10S Online emulation of first version of PathTool v1.0 released on September 2, 1991; archive.org] PathTool was written in C computer language and compiled with Microsoft C/C++ 7.0 compiler. This was a hobby project.

In the mid-1980s, I was a partner in a startup, named Intelligent Dimmer Packs (IDP), that developed the first MIDI-controlled stage lighting dimmer pack. We showed it at the CES show in Chicago. It was a 6502-based system that controlled 6 channels of 1200 Watts per channel for a total of 7200 Watts. For stress testing, we mounted 6 water heater elements in a metal trash can filled with water and circulated with two garden hose connections on the side. For MIDI SysEx commands, our Manufacturer ID was 02 (see MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification, Section 4.2, Table VIIb (Page T-11); MIDI Manufacturers Association; 1995).[https://web.archive.org/web/20160130093610/http://madamebutterface.com/assets/documents/MIDI%201.0%20Detailed%20Specification.pdf MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification; MIDI Manufacturers Association; 1995.]

In the early-1980s, I worked in tech support and engineering at CARDCO, which was the worlds largest peripheral manufacturer for the Commodore 64 and VIC-20. CARDCO shipped millions of Card Print printer interfaces (designed by Breck Ricketts).

In December 1982 issue of Compute! computer magazine, appeared my article and code for "Commodore 64 Sprite Editor".[https://archive.org/details/1982-12-compute-magazine/page/212/mode/2up Commodore 64 Sprite Editor; Compute!; Page 212; December 1982.][https://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?fn=gazette_bulletin_usa_kansas_peabody_19821202_english_1 (Steve) Meirowsky Has Article Published; Peabody Gazette-Bulletin; Page 1; December 2, 1982.] In November 1981 issue of Compute! magazine, appeared my article and code for "Directory For 3.0" (for Commodore PET computer).[https://archive.org/details/1981-11-compute-magazine/page/146/mode/2up Directory For 3.0; Compute!; Page 147; November 1981.]

While in high school, I was the recipient of the State and National 4-H Electrical award.[https://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?fn=gazette_bulletin_usa_kansas_peabody_19791018_english_1 Steve Meirowsky Wins State 4-H Electric Championship; Peabody Gazette-Bulletin; Page 1; October 18, 1979.] In 1978, my math teacher (N.M. Patton) and I went before the USD 398 school board to request they start a high school computer class, which was approved, and I was one of five students in the first computer class at our high school. When I was a junior in High School, I played lineman in our high school football team that placed 2nd in state playoffs for class 2A schools, and it was notable because our head coach was Dennis Franchione. In sports, I played football for 6 years (7th grade to 12th grade), and golf for 4 years (9th to 12th grade). In band, I played a tenor saxophone for 6 years (7th grade to 12th grade). I took VoAg/Shop class and a member of FFA for 3 years (9th grade to 11th grade).

My great-great-grandfather (Joseph Wegerer){{Find a Grave|grid=25889475|name=Joseph Wegerer}} and his two brothers, were farmers that homesteaded neighboring 80-acre farms north of Aulne, Kansas in the early 1870s, after emigrating from Europe, and a fourth brother located maybe near St. Marks. My grandfather (Guy Meirowsky) was mayor of the city of Peabody from 1971 to 1976 and retired from Boeing (Wichita) where he initially welded engine mounts on biplanes at its former subsidiary Stearman Aircraft during the early 1930s, also he was a crop farmer until 1956,{{Find a Grave|grid=9611483|name=Guy Meirowsky}}[https://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?fn=gazette_bulletin_usa_kansas_peabody_19861120_english_4 Guy Meirowsky - Obituary; Peabody Gazette-Bulletin; Page 4; November 20, 1986.] his wife (Lucille (Winkley) Meirowsky, granddaughter of Joseph Wegerer) was a third grade teacher at Peabody-Burns Elementary School for 26.5 years, after previoulsy teaching at four different rural one-room schools in Marion County, Kansas for 10 years.{{Find a Grave|grid=9611493|name=Lucille (Winkley) Meirowsky}}[https://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?fn=peabody_gazette-bulletin_usa_kansas_peabody_20100811_english_3 Lucille Meirowsky - Obituary; Peabody Gazette-Bulletin; Page 3; August 11, 2010.] My father (Maurice Meirowsky) is a retired farmer (1956 to 2005) and was the Chairman of the Board of Harvey County Rural Water District #1 (Walton) for 39 years (1983 to 2022).[https://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?fn=gazette_bulletin_usa_kansas_peabody_20000412_english_1 (Maurice) Meirowsky Honored at Water Conference; Peabody Gazette-Bulletin; Page 1; April 12, 2000.] My mother (Nancy Meirowsky) is a retired high school teacher who taught at schools in three public school districts (Newton, Remington, Peabody) (1960 to 1994).[https://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?fn=gazette_bulletin_usa_kansas_peabody_19940609_english_4 (Nancy) Meirowsky has Retired; Peabody Gazette-Bulletin; Page 4; June 9, 1994.]

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• 631 cities in Kansas, as well as numerous unincorporated communities / ghost towns / counties of Kansas - I have cleaned up every city article and I continuously examine every edit to these article, I reorganize articles per Wikipedia USCITY guideline, I added a census table, update infoboxes, and various ongoing cleanup and improvements.
• ARM Cortex-M - I did a major overhaul and expansion, investigated ARM documents and created entire Overview section and "pretty" tables. My text from the development tool section was moved from this article to start the List of ARM Cortex-M development tools article.
• SD card - 100% rewrote Electrical Interface section, created tables and drawing for Transfer Modes section, add photos, correct and expand captions for all photos. Merged older microSD and miniSD articles into main article. Misc edits to related SD and MMC card articles and redirects.
• Expanded and overhauled significant amounts of: LTspice, 555 timer IC, Seven-segment display, ATtiny microcontroller comparison chart, List of 4000-series integrated circuits, List of 7400-series integrated circuits, C23 (C standard revision), and numerous other technical articles (too long to list).
• Significant archive research to improve the early history (before 1960) of "RCA connector#History" and "E series of preferred numbers#History" articles.

• My Photo Gallery (my photos used in Wikipedia articles)
• I took photos in small towns in Marion County, Kansas and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons then added to city articles.

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1. My Awards and Barnstars
2. My User Boxes
3. My Photo Collection
4. My eBook Collection
5. How To Upload Photos To Wikipedia
6. How To Read Wikipedia Offline
7. My Recommended Changes To City Articles For 2010 Census
8. Various Help Tips

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• Recent edits of most WikiProject Kansas articles
• Most popular WikiProject Kansas articles

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I upload each of my photos to [http://www.flickr.com/photos/SteveMeirowsky Flickr] first, then to Wikimedia Commons second, thus each photo is licensed individually and should match between the two sites. For all of my photos with CC-BY-SA and CC-BY licenses, my name isn't required to be shown in photo captions on any official Wikipedia websites, but for all other uses it is required.

I grant the following licensing for all of my text edits in Wikipedia articles, but I reserve all rights for my personal user pages.

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