A Personal Technology History
1965 - Took first Fortran IV course in College on a UNIVAC system that was literally as big as a house and required the cooling system of a major building to run. Spent a lot of time punching cards to run do loops.
1966 - Took COBOL course which was fun, but not very effective.
1966 - Took Assembly Language course which was neat because I.started programming at the machine level.
1967 – Went into the Nuclear Navy.
1969 – Bought first house.
1970 - Bought my first calculator. It had +,-, x, and divide functions only, but I got my home work done faster than with my trilog sliderule & my adding machine. Stared collecting art and became a stone cutter.
1974 - Got my first Xerox machine and started a mail order company
1976 – Started a moving company.
1978 – Graduated with a BSEE, power emphasis, and an Accounting Major (I can sit for the CPA exam). Bought first so-called computer, a Z-80 chip packaged in a touch screen type keyboard. This had a tv out plug which allowed a person to type on the tv set. It was neat, but not too useful.
1980- Married my wife, Aura, who was an Electronics Engineer working for Martin-Marrietta. I managed her Real Estate Rentals.
1981 - Bought a used IBM PS-1 with DOS 1.1 and used it for several years to do all sorts of calculations and rudimentary word processing. Bought our first Video Camera.
1982 - Upgraded memory and DOS2.1. Bought an HP-55 Calculator.
1984- Upgraded to PS-2, got a new fax and Toshiba copier and started our first successful business. Bought a TI-59 calculator. Started a Success Motivation company.
1986- Started trading commodities over the computer with an rf antenna and upgraded copier. My wife started designing AC/DC power supplies for Storagetek. Wrote my first Real Estate Note.
1988 – Started a Sprinkler Repair company.
1990 - Bought a 25 MHZ computer with a 386 in it. Bought an HP-12C calculator.
1991 - Put a math co-processor in the 386. My wife made her first patent with a lawyer.
1992 - Bought a Gateway DX-33 with a 486 and 16B of ram & a 250MB HDD/ win 3.1. I write a patent for my father without a lawyer.
1993 - Upgraded to 38mb of ram and my wife started studying art.
1994 - Bought a Packard Bell Legend Pentium 75Mhz with 32 MB of EDO ram and 500mb HDD/win 3.11 for workgroups. She did PCB design with Tango. Upgraded the DX-33 to DX-66.
!995 - Bought an over clocked Cyrix 586, equivalent to 90 Mhz with 500 MB HDD. Started trading options through the computer. Started my own “C” Corp with a PSP and a Limited Partnership. Upgraded Monitors.
1996- Got on the Internet and was consumed by it. I still am and can get anything most search years to find. Got into an argument with my CPA and found that he had made several errors which cost me $ and made me go through 3 audits. Converted my own books to the computer with Quickbooks and did taxes with Turbo Tax. No problems or audits have come up. Bought first flat bed scanner and 2 hand –held scanners.
1997- Was and still am upgrading the operating software and memory for the computers. Bought and maintained my 2 brothers computers. Got inio Tax Deeds.
1998 - Bought 2 Tiger Direct PII 400 MHZ computers and upgraded them as much as possible. My wife became a Graphic Artist. Upgraded to ZIP Drives and LS-120 Drives. Bought a second scanner.
1999 - Got a DSL line. Bought 2 computer in an auction online and rebuilt my first computers for my parents and nieces. Converted my brother’s books to computer. Ran my a modified version of Peachtree Complete & Quickbooks for my business. Bought first Digital camera. Upgraded Monitors.
2000- Built my first computer from scratch using parts for my nieces and brother.
2001- Built my wife a 1.3 ghz AMD Athlon, 756MB SDRAM, 30gb HDD to do her graphic artist work with a CDRW. Bought my niece a 1.3 ghz Soyo Tiger Direct Athlon system online. Bought my mother a 500 MHZ Celeron system online and a digital camera, so she could do pictures. Upgraded scanner and monitor to 21” screen.
2002 - Wrote and copyrighted an ebook named This Dumb Computer about repairing and maintaining computers. Networked 4 home/business computers together with a dsl hub/router. Currently, I am studying the registry and building more computers for myself and my family.
As you can see, I like playing with technology and have become quite good at it. I am a great buyer/ information getter of technology and always get what I go after. I never pay retail for anything. I am very big on inspecting what I expect so my quality does not suffer. I pay attention to details so everything works. I pick up on software quickly, so I don’t have any problem coming up to speed on new systems.
1966 - Took COBOL course which was fun, but not very effective.
1966 - Took Assembly Language course which was neat because I.started programming at the machine level.
1967 – Went into the Nuclear Navy.
1969 – Bought first house.
1970 - Bought my first calculator. It had +,-, x, and divide functions only, but I got my home work done faster than with my trilog sliderule & my adding machine. Stared collecting art and became a stone cutter.
1974 - Got my first Xerox machine and started a mail order company
1976 – Started a moving company.
1978 – Graduated with a BSEE, power emphasis, and an Accounting Major (I can sit for the CPA exam). Bought first so-called computer, a Z-80 chip packaged in a touch screen type keyboard. This had a tv out plug which allowed a person to type on the tv set. It was neat, but not too useful.
1980- Married my wife, Aura, who was an Electronics Engineer working for Martin-Marrietta. I managed her Real Estate Rentals.
1981 - Bought a used IBM PS-1 with DOS 1.1 and used it for several years to do all sorts of calculations and rudimentary word processing. Bought our first Video Camera.
1982 - Upgraded memory and DOS2.1. Bought an HP-55 Calculator.
1984- Upgraded to PS-2, got a new fax and Toshiba copier and started our first successful business. Bought a TI-59 calculator. Started a Success Motivation company.
1986- Started trading commodities over the computer with an rf antenna and upgraded copier. My wife started designing AC/DC power supplies for Storagetek. Wrote my first Real Estate Note.
1988 – Started a Sprinkler Repair company.
1990 - Bought a 25 MHZ computer with a 386 in it. Bought an HP-12C calculator.
1991 - Put a math co-processor in the 386. My wife made her first patent with a lawyer.
1992 - Bought a Gateway DX-33 with a 486 and 16B of ram & a 250MB HDD/ win 3.1. I write a patent for my father without a lawyer.
1993 - Upgraded to 38mb of ram and my wife started studying art.
1994 - Bought a Packard Bell Legend Pentium 75Mhz with 32 MB of EDO ram and 500mb HDD/win 3.11 for workgroups. She did PCB design with Tango. Upgraded the DX-33 to DX-66.
!995 - Bought an over clocked Cyrix 586, equivalent to 90 Mhz with 500 MB HDD. Started trading options through the computer. Started my own “C” Corp with a PSP and a Limited Partnership. Upgraded Monitors.
1996- Got on the Internet and was consumed by it. I still am and can get anything most search years to find. Got into an argument with my CPA and found that he had made several errors which cost me $ and made me go through 3 audits. Converted my own books to the computer with Quickbooks and did taxes with Turbo Tax. No problems or audits have come up. Bought first flat bed scanner and 2 hand –held scanners.
1997- Was and still am upgrading the operating software and memory for the computers. Bought and maintained my 2 brothers computers. Got inio Tax Deeds.
1998 - Bought 2 Tiger Direct PII 400 MHZ computers and upgraded them as much as possible. My wife became a Graphic Artist. Upgraded to ZIP Drives and LS-120 Drives. Bought a second scanner.
1999 - Got a DSL line. Bought 2 computer in an auction online and rebuilt my first computers for my parents and nieces. Converted my brother’s books to computer. Ran my a modified version of Peachtree Complete & Quickbooks for my business. Bought first Digital camera. Upgraded Monitors.
2000- Built my first computer from scratch using parts for my nieces and brother.
2001- Built my wife a 1.3 ghz AMD Athlon, 756MB SDRAM, 30gb HDD to do her graphic artist work with a CDRW. Bought my niece a 1.3 ghz Soyo Tiger Direct Athlon system online. Bought my mother a 500 MHZ Celeron system online and a digital camera, so she could do pictures. Upgraded scanner and monitor to 21” screen.
2002 - Wrote and copyrighted an ebook named This Dumb Computer about repairing and maintaining computers. Networked 4 home/business computers together with a dsl hub/router. Currently, I am studying the registry and building more computers for myself and my family.
As you can see, I like playing with technology and have become quite good at it. I am a great buyer/ information getter of technology and always get what I go after. I never pay retail for anything. I am very big on inspecting what I expect so my quality does not suffer. I pay attention to details so everything works. I pick up on software quickly, so I don’t have any problem coming up to speed on new systems.
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