Re: New Members - please post your introductions here
"I am not a number/Robot I am a free man"
"I am here therefore I AM!" (NOT a Spam ROBOT!) LOL
My first PC was in the 70's, a (Magnovox?) Pong Console...PC....get it?
Started in the 1980's with a Commodore PET in school (forgot which grade) then in 1984 bought a Commodore 64 & 1541 Hard Drive with summer job money! Then within a year a 1702 monitor.
The VERY first thing I did with the C64 was erase the $40 Multipak floppy I bought........duh! (What company doesn't put a write protect on commercial bought floppy software?).......It was several years later before I was able to restore it with a copy from a friend. ( :
Played with a friends Atari 800 with Floppy drive.
Then in 1990 bought an Amiga 2000HD.
Started fixing electronics as soon as I started school for family, their friends, word of mouth, school mates, etc.
Got involved in selling PC hardware at shows while in school.
In school we had state of the art 8088's to work with.............. \ :
But we learned to work to component level and about things todays PC repair guys would have no clue about (or need to know, unless working on an old 'dedicated' proprietary system).
Graduated from ITT Tech VA USA in 1993 with an A.O.S. E.E.T.
Used a 486DX in a business I managed in 1993
Messed around with Dos and Windows 3.1 and 95/98 over those years for individuals and some organizations.
In '98 stared assembling PC's for resale.
Eventually In the 2000's got an Amiga 500, Amiga 4000 Toaster/Flyer
(probably the best all round home computer imo. WAY more efficient then ANY showing to this day byte for byte, and for what comes out on the screen and audio IN PROPER SYNC! without fail........)
But haven't had time to really mess with them ) ;
Currently running my business in electronics repair, though mostly only get Flat panel Tv's now a days.
Miss the old days when you could reuse parts and get out an order over the phone in less than 10 minutes, or buy parts locally.
Now you have to spend hours looking for the correct board with 5 different sticker part numbers each 20 characters long, and for a reasonable price............Not including research on potential 'solutions'.
"I am not a number/Robot I am a free man"
"I am here therefore I AM!" (NOT a Spam ROBOT!) LOL
My first PC was in the 70's, a (Magnovox?) Pong Console...PC....get it?
Started in the 1980's with a Commodore PET in school (forgot which grade) then in 1984 bought a Commodore 64 & 1541 Hard Drive with summer job money! Then within a year a 1702 monitor.
The VERY first thing I did with the C64 was erase the $40 Multipak floppy I bought........duh! (What company doesn't put a write protect on commercial bought floppy software?).......It was several years later before I was able to restore it with a copy from a friend. ( :
Played with a friends Atari 800 with Floppy drive.
Then in 1990 bought an Amiga 2000HD.
Started fixing electronics as soon as I started school for family, their friends, word of mouth, school mates, etc.
Got involved in selling PC hardware at shows while in school.
In school we had state of the art 8088's to work with.............. \ :
But we learned to work to component level and about things todays PC repair guys would have no clue about (or need to know, unless working on an old 'dedicated' proprietary system).
Graduated from ITT Tech VA USA in 1993 with an A.O.S. E.E.T.
Used a 486DX in a business I managed in 1993
Messed around with Dos and Windows 3.1 and 95/98 over those years for individuals and some organizations.
In '98 stared assembling PC's for resale.
Eventually In the 2000's got an Amiga 500, Amiga 4000 Toaster/Flyer
(probably the best all round home computer imo. WAY more efficient then ANY showing to this day byte for byte, and for what comes out on the screen and audio IN PROPER SYNC! without fail........)
But haven't had time to really mess with them ) ;
Currently running my business in electronics repair, though mostly only get Flat panel Tv's now a days.
Miss the old days when you could reuse parts and get out an order over the phone in less than 10 minutes, or buy parts locally.
Now you have to spend hours looking for the correct board with 5 different sticker part numbers each 20 characters long, and for a reasonable price............Not including research on potential 'solutions'.
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