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TallCool1 in a Nutshell
My interest in electronics goes back 50 years. I was 3 years old when I figured out that TV and radio weren't "magic." I taught myself electronics and was fixing stuff before I was 12. I then worked as a TV and stereo repairman, as well as audio recording engineering and industrial electronics repair.
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Thirty years ago this spring, my friend Roger Gregory showed me the book "Computer Lib/Dream Machines" by Ted Nelson (the inventor of the term "hypertext"
. Roger soon became lead programmer for Ted's Xanadu Hypertext Project (Google on "curse of Xanadu" for more), and I was on the road to learning about personal computers years before they were available.
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I was using QDOS a year before it became PC-DOS, on the Zenith Z-100 a year before IBM partially copied it as the IBM PC. I was a warranty repairman for Zenith PCs in the mid-80s.
Computers I have owned include the Commodore KIM-1, VIC-20, 64, and Amiga. I have belonged to several user groups, and wrote and edited newsletters and acted as disk librarian. I ran a BBS and wrote and edited manuals for a software firm.
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Currently, my system is running mostly Debian Linux installed from Knoppix, with Windows 98 and XP in the mix.
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I will do my best to apply my broad background to the problems presented here. I may not always be right, but we can solve problems and learn together -- and that's what it's all about!
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Thirty years ago this spring, my friend Roger Gregory showed me the book "Computer Lib/Dream Machines" by Ted Nelson (the inventor of the term "hypertext"
. Roger soon became lead programmer for Ted's Xanadu Hypertext Project (Google on "curse of Xanadu" for more), and I was on the road to learning about personal computers years before they were available.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I was using QDOS a year before it became PC-DOS, on the Zenith Z-100 a year before IBM partially copied it as the IBM PC. I was a warranty repairman for Zenith PCs in the mid-80s.
Computers I have owned include the Commodore KIM-1, VIC-20, 64, and Amiga. I have belonged to several user groups, and wrote and edited newsletters and acted as disk librarian. I ran a BBS and wrote and edited manuals for a software firm.
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Currently, my system is running mostly Debian Linux installed from Knoppix, with Windows 98 and XP in the mix.
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I will do my best to apply my broad background to the problems presented here. I may not always be right, but we can solve problems and learn together -- and that's what it's all about!
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Did you miss me? I have been gone for several months due to a variety of problems, but I'm back--and here to help.
While I am not entirely averse to helping people via IMs or PMs, I would prefer to do most of our work in the Forums, for all to share. That way, more useful input can be brought to...
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