Marco Mac

Contacts

My home number:

+39-045-551-149

My snail mail is:

via Ponte di Veja, 7/7
I-37034 QUINTO DI VALPANTENA (VR)
ITALY

You could find me also at the address:

via Chiesa di Alcenago ,1
I-37020 STALLAVENA (VR)
ITALY

If you want to reach me by Email:

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If you want to contact me by ICQ, my number is:

3848235

Who is Marco Tenuti ?

 I was born on 1973 in Verona,nice town in Veneto, in Northeastern Italy. My family stayed near Bolzano until 1978 and returned in Verona, where lives now.
I attended Scientific Lycaeum at A.Messedaglia in 1987. I enroled in 1992 at Padova University and I got the degree of Computer Engineer at Padova University in 1998 in Computer Engineering.

Career and Professional Knowledge

Here it is a short list of my professional experiences and competences. You could interpret the next one as my online curriculum:

  • IEEE member since 1997
  • IEEE Computer Society member since 1997
  • Order of Engineers of Verona and Province member since 1998
  • Metrowerks development user since 1996
  • PowerPlant expert
  • Apple Developer Associate since 1997
  • very experienced with MacOS
  • extensive knowledge of QuickDraw 3D
  • known languages: Pascal, C, C++, Java, Fortran, Visual Basic, .NET
  • pluriannual experience with Microsoft Visual Studio
  • MacOS software and hardware consultant
  • MacOS to MacOS X porting experience with Carbon tools
  • in-depth knowledge of ADO, ASP, PHP, mySQL, Javascript e ready-to-run websites for racing customers
  • impressive knowledge in object-oriented architectures
  • good experience in Software Engineering and Quality issues
  • Computer Group coordinator in Grezzana's town library
  • basic knowledge in MacOS imaging with Photoshop, Freehand, InDesign, and Pagemaker

Who am I doing now?

 After getting the degree in Computer Engineering, I started working for Concrete, where I have developed interesting 3D interface modules. The former tool is based on PhantomDirect and DirectX of Microsoft. The latter is instead based on ACIS 3D Building Blox libraries. Here are my current projects:

  • ERP logistics integration for Concrete
  • Complete redesign of SismiCAD
  • finite element models and meshing issues
  • Application foundation of SlopeCAD, ThermoCAD, and WallCAD
  • Development of Visual Swarm Builder for the Swarm community
  • Maintenance of TotoTencas Suite shareware apps, TotoTurbo, Silvergol, and Lingotto
  • Development and completion of Dynamic Land, an innovative dynamic simulator for MacOS and Windows
  • Development of PowerToto suite, the first commercial suite of Toto games for MacOS
  • other minor projects

Why Tencas ?

 I choosed this name for every software product I made since 1986.
My first computer was a Canon V-20, MSX compatible. This machine has 64 KBRAM, 16 KB VRAM and 32 KB ROM with MSX-BASIC 1.0. Its only media support was the audio tape (cassette), so I wanted to merge my surname with that media. The first result was Tencassette, but I cut early it to Tencas.
My activities went along with MSX system, which looked promising in middle80's. In fact after first ABC with Basic language, I passed to the next evolution of MSX system, MSX2 in 1989.
I became very quickly a strong promoter of MSX2 in Italy, where had already been abandoned by Philips in 1988.Thanks to lots of European friends, first of all Dutch fans, I suggested a suitable hardware upgrade to MSX2+ and I developed interesting software:

  • Columbus
    an image-editing software for MSX2+
  • Edicad
    a primitive CAD program for MSX2
  • Delta
    a math function plotting program
  • Titleman
    a video titler for tapes
  • Fractalandia
    a fractal landscape generator
  • TotoTurbo
    the best and fastest Totocalcio system ever written for MSX


In 1993 I passed to Macintosh and Apple should consider my fellowship because I convinced some friends of mine to buy a Macintosh. Anyway Tencas remains my programming signature.
If you have some spare time to taste my Macintosh works, please have a look at them !