I started into computing after seeing an advert for a computer kit called the Nascom I. This was 1977 www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=814
Travelled to London and queued for a few hour outside a shop called Henry's Radio to buy the second one issued. Took it home and spent some hours in my kitchen soldering it together and remember how pleased I was to get it working. At this time I was s service manager for a local company who amongst their many interests were the sale and repair of TV's Videos Hi-Fi's etc. My fellow workers thought I was mad when I showed it working and could not understand what all the fuss was about. No comments on what my wife thought about it. I persuaded my boss to start selling microcomputers and we sold most of the computers mentioned, in particular the BBC, The ZX81/Spectrum, The Commodore models and the Atari. The Nascom grew from a single board with 4k and a 4k basic rom to a 64k machine running CPM with twin 5.25" floppies running a stock control system which I wrote in assembler. Incidentally the Floppy drives where purchased for £150.00 each and the extra memory board complete with all its 1k memory chips was over £200.00 One thing happened which is now repeating itself. This was when I finally typed in all the hex code for what was a forerunner of "Froggy" called lollypop lady trainer. You had to get the Lady through the traffic and across the road. I spent about half an hour trying to get her across when my three year old daughter came up the stairs to tell me that my dinner was ready. When she saw what I was doing she asked if she could try, so I showed her what to do and started to walk down the stairs. I nearly reached the bottom to hear the words "I've done it Daddy" How often do I have to ask my Grandchildren how to use my phone or work a game these days? Does anyone have a "Chucky egg" disk for a Tatung Einstein computer?. Cheers Peter Hart _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
