My Personal Computer History and Tales from the past
This Podcast is about my personal experiences with computers. I talk about computers and related technologies from my early experiences with 8bit computers in the mid-1980’s and how my career unfolded over the years since. I hope this brings up fond memories for you.
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Episodes
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
In this episode I share some memories of working with DEC VAX hardware, OS/2 Warp, an octopus & diving into Windows NT with SQL Server 4.21 back in the mid 1990’s.
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
In this episode I talk about the rise of the PC in the early days of my career. The mighty Toshiba T1200, DBXL, FoxPro and leaving work to study at Massey University.
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
In this episode I talk about some of the early computers I owned & a few I used at University. I also talk about MURDER & my early internet experiences.
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
In this episode I talk about getting my first job as a junior programmer and share a few memories from setting up hardware, formatting the wrong hard disk & upside down mice!
Sunday May 29, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
Welcome to episode one of my Podcast, where I talk about my earliest computer experiences and share some fond memories of the early parts of my career. ZX Spectrum, Data General, COBOL, Lineflow printers and more! Here we go!