Experienced Techs

How many posters/readers had Tech jobs before the advent of the PC? I started in 1970 as a TV Repairman and have been involved in "technology" ever since.

Any other "lifetime" Techs around? https://forums.windrivers.com/

I started out in 1975 as an Aviation Fire Control Technnician in the Navy working on A-6E aircraft radar as a bench tech. Since I got out in 1981, I've been in Field Service. Haven't regretted any part of it.

DonJ


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Hey, it's all FM to me!

No offence guys, but aren't you really asking "Who here is older than modern technology?" Just kidding - I got involved in the XT days.

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Death is lighter than a feather - duty heavier than a mountian.

I have been involved in PC's for the last 10 years, so I am a 'Newbie' compared to some of the visitors here https://forums.windrivers.com/

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'I won't deny ya, I'm a straight Ridah, You don't wanna f#@k with me'
Tupac Shakur
'*****ionz as a Ridah'
All Eyez On Me
CD 1 Track 1.

got involved when the trs 80 came out
joined navy
also a aviation electronics tech
got out of navy and have been having fun working on these things ever since

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Perception: Our day in, day out world is real.

Reality: That world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us.

I WAS BORN holding a Commode 69 (Commodore 64)! Nice machine, anyway, I was bashing around on it playing Paperboy when I was 1 YEARS OLD!!! So, those kids in high school at the moment who think they know all because they can use the internet. But don't even know what voltage to run a Pentium 133 off, (3.3V by the way)! CAN GO SUCK MY WALLET! Better not, Bill Gates has sucked my wallet dry already, dame ME!!! LOL!

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I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.

i got h ooked on computer in the early 1993 when i left college from video and music editing .. where we were using them there . and then i got my own .. got sick of asking for help how to fix this and that then one day after reading peter nortons help books i realized i wanted to be a tech ... so bamm .. and now i made my 500th POST woow only took 15 months .. hehehe

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I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together

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No offence guys, but aren't you really asking "Who here is older than modern technology?" Just kidding - I got involved in the XT days.

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Geez!!! I wish!!! Some days I feel older than 'ancient technology.' Got into an argument with a client today...he was trying to tease me about the new grey hairs since I last saw him a year ago...I took offense and told him so...I DO NOT have ANY grey hairs!!!! The ones that are still attached and no longer brown are WHITE!!! LOL

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Ya never know, ya know?

Don't ask me!
I'm a newbie compared to some of you guys!

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"Matter is passive. In spite of its power, it can't be controlled without the human mind." - Sokrates

My Hardware Info, Hardware Media and Computer History page

Same here....I started around the XT/286 ERA, when I was 12.

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Is it because light travels faster than sound that some people appear bright until they speak????

Started on the Sinclair ZX80 & ZX81. They were FUN !
Must have been where the term 'CRASH' came from.

(Think I've still got one in the loft)


Martin https://forums.windrivers.com/


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Re-enlisted in the Army in 1979 to be a Computer Operator. Worked on IBM mainframes in Germany. IBM 360/40 and IBM 370/138.

I am also a newbie....first PC was a 386sx/16...though most of my tech work has been on 486s doing upgrades and troubleshoot problems.....

Does smacking the tv repeatedly to get it to work count?

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If life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life, then lets get wasted and have the time of our lives.

Got out of college in 76 with a degree in telecomm. Work as a Radio-Shack sales/tech for 4 yrs. Was there for the first Trash 80
(pc built into the keyboard).

In the pc business ever since.
Worked with:
VT-180 (Dec VT-100 with retrofit XT board)
Osbournes, Kaypro, TI, Sinclair, Altos,
the newcommer IBM (that wont last) and just
about everything since the good old days of CP/M.

Climed the ladder with different cies.

I now manage projects and people. No longer
have to do the work, just supervise and help
the new kids, how dont even know what dos is
nevermind a batch file.

(why do I feel so old suddenly ? )

So to be called a new member anywhere (including this forum) is very nice thing.

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As the Borg says: "Resistance is futile"
As I say: "C'est la vie..."