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Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!!
Posted by 'alanrr' on 19 Dec 2008 @ 18:19

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alanrrJoined: August 2001
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Well, let me put it this way, I think I've worked on every computer even valves and trigger tubes that needed exposure to cosmic radiation to work, punched tape, parity, non parity, ferrite core store memory, m/c's with very unstable germanium transistors and Decatron timers delay lines and even mechanical computers, i4004, the first LCD by Plessey, the first cd rom 5 mb hard disks with ferrite coatings,bloody noisy too, nearly every OS, Superbrains, Sirius IBM Tandon Compaq Commodore Olivetti Sinclair BBC Apple Orange Tulip Banana British Micro Mimi Farrington Apricot Logatronic Wang ABC, the list goes on. I even repaired the first laser beam level unit that they were using to put up the NatWest tower (properly known as tower 42) in London, the paddies broke it and it was THE only one and they were desperate to get the building up and knew we tackled ANYTHING electrical or electronic. I'd never seen one but stripped and repaired it.I charged them �2.00! but it got us a lot of recommendations and work from construction companies. The tower is straight and vertical too!

I've made special computers (not programs) for bingo halls and British Coal etc, that did specific jobs in �sd and tons,cwt,quarters.

Made the first digital display clock with date time secs and so wished I hadn't binned it before I sorted the daylight saving and leap years, it was a work of art, all handmade. I had Hi-Fi sound from the old valve TV's by building units that picked up the signal from the RF cans which was high quality and could be fed to Hi-Fi amps.

So I've been around a bit and still know nothing according to some customers as their friends are 'computer boffins', Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.....so why bring it to me then?

You'll probably even find a very early valve computer in the boot of my Peugeot estate if you look.

Ian still uses a Bendix G-15 so don't take any notice of what he says, he's a newbie in my eyes and still wet behind the ears!

Yup, I'm a boring fart like Ian too.

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Security update for Internet Explorer users by 'Oli' (17 Dec 2008 @ 23:47)

get a mac. Sorted!!!!!! (nt) by 'alanrr' (18 Dec 2008 @ 9:56)

Re: get a mac. Sorted!!!!!! by 'Oli' (18 Dec 2008 @ 10:25)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'DanXP1' (18 Dec 2008 @ 13:05)

Chrome by 'Stig' (18 Dec 2008 @ 18:27)

FIREFOX!!!! Can't live without it (nt) by 'blobslosak' (18 Dec 2008 @ 19:25)

Re: FIREFOX!!!! Can't live without it by 'Stig' (18 Dec 2008 @ 19:40)

Re: FIREFOX!!!! Can't live without it by 'blobslosak' (19 Dec 2008 @ 14:15)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'alanrr' (19 Dec 2008 @ 9:53)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'itpro' (19 Dec 2008 @ 12:18)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'Oli' (19 Dec 2008 @ 13:03)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'davidmc' (19 Dec 2008 @ 13:16)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'alanrr' (19 Dec 2008 @ 14:19)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'itpro' (19 Dec 2008 @ 14:24)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'alanrr' (19 Dec 2008 @ 17:02)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'alanrr' (19 Dec 2008 @ 17:06)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'davidmc' (19 Dec 2008 @ 17:25)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'itpro' (19 Dec 2008 @ 19:12)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'DanXP1' (19 Dec 2008 @ 17:21)

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'alanrr' << You are here!

Re: get a mac. NOT Sorted!!!!!! by 'itpro' (19 Dec 2008 @ 19:14)

Actually Dan, it might be retro.... by 'alanrr' (19 Dec 2008 @ 18:24)

Re: Actually Dan, it might be retro.... by 'itpro' (19 Dec 2008 @ 19:15)

Re: Actually Dan, it might be retro.... by 'DanXP1' (20 Dec 2008 @ 21:04)

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