We start the journey in late 1997, having convinced my parents that a computer was going to help at secondary school and how it would make the perfect Christmas present we ventured down to our local Comet (remember them?) to take a look at what was available and see if we could get something under £1000. However by 1997 when setting out to buy a new computer Windows was the main game in town. ![]() During my journey through early years education that then progressed to the Acorn Risc PC, of which I have very fond memories. Looking back I can trace my interests in computing further into childhood, starting in primary school with memories of pressing black and orange keys on what I now know was the BBC Micro. So step back in time and relive some (now) retro memories of days gone by when computers were beige and floppy disks were more than just a Save icon… ![]() Seeing as it turned 21 this year I thought it apt to go back in time to feature the machine which got me started on the path to working in IT. If I looked at my career like a movie franchise the prequel would surely involve the subject of today’s post.
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