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On 02/01/13 22:18, George Parker wrote: > I started making my living in electronics in 1962 and my first > computer was a 6 foot rack of valve units, each being a 4 bit register > decoding IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) codes. (Yes, I was in the > RAF). Electronics then bit you if you weren't careful. I ended up in > IS managing the introduction of data warehousing (if you don't know > don't ask. It's boring). No, that sounds really, really interesting. You obviously herald from a time when men where men and computers were computers. There just aren't enough valves in computing these days... Regards -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq