I have lived in Glebe, Sydney NSW for the past 25 years. My background is in Electronics, but I have been working with computers since the early days of the Commodore 64.

My first computer was a KIM-1, followed by a Commodore PET, then a Sinclair ZX81 followed by a TRS80. Later I owned a CP/M based Microbee with 64kilobytes of RAM, which I soldered together from a Kit I purchased at the Applied Technology shop in Waitara, Sydney in 1983.

In 1984 I purchased a 300baud modem for around $370, about the same as I paid for the Microbee, so that I could log into Bulletin Boards (Yes Dorothy, there was an 'on-line' before the Internet).

Remarkably, the Microbee had a wordprocessor, spreadsheet and Database built in and supported high quality graphics (for the time). I used to play Asteroids until my fingers cramped.

My first printer was a second world war era Model 15 teletype with a custom designed serial to ASCII interface I found the circuit diagram for in an Amateur Radio magazine. My second printer was a 30kg bright orange line printer (ex Commonwealth Bank) purchased from a salvage shop.

The point of my reminiscing is, computers have been a part of my life for more than 30 years, but may only have been a part of yours for 5 years or so.

If you are struggling to understand the idiosynchracies of the modern computer, or if your computer needs a spruce up or a re-fit, I may be the person for you. I fix computers for a living.

I support PC, MAC, DOS, Point of Sale and small Networks
I also install Multimedia and Home Theatre systems