Paul Tansom wrote: > I took a lot of stick when the Amstrad CPC464 came out and I bought one > to replace my Spectrum. I started with a ZX81, then Spectrum, but the > Amstrad really got me into using computers seriously. Before that it was > just games and programming. I used the Amstrad with a ROM box loaded > with wonderful software from Arnor to run a sailing club database and > print off labels - much easier than a hand bander thing we had been > using. I upgraded to a CPC6128 to get me through my degree with the aid > of CP/M with Logo, Supercalc and Borland Turbo Pascal (helpfully copied > onto 3" disks for my be a local computer store). I also got some work > done on my car in return for helping out a mechanic friend with his PCW. > > Protext (all hail the best word processor ever written) followed me onto > my Amiga (mouse, GUI, eeek!) and I used that and DPaint to produce a > 'brochure' for the IBM lab I was working in at the time. They wanted to > do one, but when they talked to the in marketing department and looked > into in house publishing decided it couldn't be done economically. I > came in the following day with a printout from my Amiga and costings > from a local printers that changed their minds. What did IBM know about > getting work done on computers?! > > Then this horrible x86 architecture with DOS and Windows started getting > popular and took all the fun out of computers. Praise be to Linux, > without which I would have given up on computers long ago. > > -- > Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 > ====================================================================== > Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: > Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU
Do you remember Microland in Waterlooville precinct, Paul? And upstairs at the Baytree Bookshop? Ah, those were the days... I started out on a BBC Micro. We had the Graphics Extension ROM, as well as the word processor and Disc Doctor ROMs. I love browsing through http://www.beebgames.com/ for a trip down memory lane... Andrew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
