Hello,
My earliest experience was a TRS80 my father borrowed for a few weeks.
The first computer we really owned at home, was a zx spectrum, on which i programmed my first small games.
I really wore out those rubber keys, I stuck to that for a long time, until my father bought a 286 with an ega monitor.
I saved money to buy an adlib card for it (soundblaster was not on the market yet).
It was great for the Sierra games, but the rest sucked compared to amiga.
Nevertheless I stayed on pc platform and had many upgrades and soundcards in the years that passed.
I also started collecting old game consoles for a while, but gave most of my old hardware away when
we moved to new home.
Fast forward to now, I'm 39 years old, and I have started my own small company since two years.
Besides consulting (software/electronics/project management) to local companies, I also started designing
retro hardware in my spare time, such as a tiny waveblaster compatible module (http://www.serdashop.com/waveblaster),
and a midi interface card for such modules. I hope to find time to design more retro or midi stuff, maybe this summer.
My retro computing experience is mostly limited to emulators now, but i have a growing interest in real hardware.
I say hi to you all on the forum ! I hope to discuss some ideas, provide some help, and maybe buy or exchange some retro hardware as well.
My earliest experience was a TRS80 my father borrowed for a few weeks.
The first computer we really owned at home, was a zx spectrum, on which i programmed my first small games.
I really wore out those rubber keys, I stuck to that for a long time, until my father bought a 286 with an ega monitor.
I saved money to buy an adlib card for it (soundblaster was not on the market yet).
It was great for the Sierra games, but the rest sucked compared to amiga.
Nevertheless I stayed on pc platform and had many upgrades and soundcards in the years that passed.
I also started collecting old game consoles for a while, but gave most of my old hardware away when
we moved to new home.
Fast forward to now, I'm 39 years old, and I have started my own small company since two years.
Besides consulting (software/electronics/project management) to local companies, I also started designing
retro hardware in my spare time, such as a tiny waveblaster compatible module (http://www.serdashop.com/waveblaster),
and a midi interface card for such modules. I hope to find time to design more retro or midi stuff, maybe this summer.
My retro computing experience is mostly limited to emulators now, but i have a growing interest in real hardware.
I say hi to you all on the forum ! I hope to discuss some ideas, provide some help, and maybe buy or exchange some retro hardware as well.
