Hi from Glasgow

[marcher]

Got the bug in the '64.

Over the years I have often been involved in designing, populating and interogating large ad hoc databases and in the early days the programming as well - using the machines clients had or whatever I could afford. It was mainframes in the 60's moving onto Z80 and 6502 based machines in the 70s and Intel based PCs in the 80s - Which is where I still am.

Happily no longer building databases but just 'mucking about' - tailor-making PCs and doing software installs for family and friends together with the inevitable upgrades / repairs and software up-dates and virus removal.

Anyway, since retiring I have been trying to undo the magpie habits of a lifetime and dispose of all the things that I will probably never get back into. I'm now going through the computing kit which is why I'm here at AmiBay.

And the only thing I'm collecting is brownie points for de-cluttering! And if I'm wrong about what I dispose of? - I guess I'll just have to blow the points and start again!

 

[BritishGeek]

Welcome to AmiBay

Iain

 

[Allen1]

---------- Post added at 17:01 ---------- Previous post was at 16:59 ----------

Hi there marcher and welcome to Amibay

We are nearly all closet hoarders when it comes to retro computing, the only problem is that we don't think or realise that we are Well you are in the right place to unload your collection of acquired retro stuff, the probability of ending up with even more than you started with is rather high though

All the best

Allen

 

[Dazxy2001]

Hi from Dundee

 

[Templar]

Welcome.

 

[cardboardboxer]

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[thecellartroll]

Hi, im also in Glasgow. Lots of Scots on the forums i noticed

That's because we're all too tight to buy these expensive newfangled computerboxes and laptops

 

[johnim]

hello and welcome

 

[DonAmiga]

Hello and Welcome

 

[User1301]

Hi and welome from Glasgow

John

 

[Geraldine]

Hi
Welcome to Amibay

 

[AmiNeo]

Welcome to Amibay! Nice outlook you have there!

 

[marcher]

Thanks for the welcome guys.

I know it's off topic for AmiBay but

That's because we're all too tight to buy these expensive newfangled computerboxes and laptops

Theproblem isn't with the new-fangled boxes themselves it's the PC industry and the hype to sell joe public the latest over-priced and over-specified kit (and bloat ware) with capacity and capabilities that will never be used - they are selling Ferraris with all this year's extras to people who only ever go to the shops and what's more have a two year old Bentley at home. And that's why I put together hatchbacks (and the occasional GT) for family and friends! (I know it's different in some areas of industry and commerce and for really serious inter-active gamers but they might be 1 in 1,000.) Rant over! :soapbox:

 

[User1301]

How so very very true.

John

 

[cardboardboxer]

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[wmsteele]

Welcome form a fellow Glaswegian.