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retired

My earliest experience of computing was with ASR35 terminals connected to a time-share mainframe by phone at 10 characters per second.

The first computer I used for work was a CASU 8bit CP/M computer to which was attached an HP 10MB hard disk - about 14 inch diameter - to manage a database of inspections for about 600 lifting appliances.

My first personal computer was a Commodore Pet. A friend with a Pet could burn EEPROMs so we inserted 6502 code into gaps in the PROMS in the Pet. Since the PROMS were in sockets they were easy to replace. So we had superior performance in using the 32kB of available RAM.