Computer Help and Support

I don't often power up any of the older hardware up for fear of capacitors exploding like firecrackers.

I suppose I could replace capacitors but it's easier to emulate. I've always made a habit of transferring all my old files and software to my newest machines. Stuff I wrote in the 'seventies still plays on my desktop.

The first modern microprocessor computer I built used an 1802. I later cannibalized that machine to build another computer, which I still have. Both computers are emulated on my desktop.

The first computers I built as a kid used junk telephone company relays. One of those machines got me an "honorable mention" in the county Science Fair. I kept the Nixie Tube display, the rest of the computer may still be in the attic of the home my parents sold a long time ago.

My favorite Sinclair is the 2068.

I'm not someone to ask for Windows advice. If anyone is asking me then maybe it would be easier that they got a Chromebook. Or a Bluetooth keyboard for the Android or Apple phone, or tablet, they already own.

The "what it cost new" has frequently been my downfall. I'm the proud owner of a local television station's entire AMIGA kit.