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> I'm in my 70's now and, I suspect, am not alone on this site. 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. That does sound quite interesting, I'm afraid! One of my father's claims to fame was he apparently installed the computers in Concorde, way down in the nose. (We've not talked for years, so second hand information), but I do recall him showing me some of his employer's disk drives in the 80's. Bigger than a washing machine, bolted down and required cleanroom standards. 10MB of storage. Back when computing was for the privilidged! -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq