RE: OT : Sinclair was RE: Metalink Again

In 1982ish, Dad brought home a used TRS-80 mod III with 16k ram and a tape drive. Started a downward spiral. I tried to get out, no I really did. Got a degree in mathematics instead of CompSci. Joined the Air Force as an aircraft maintenance officer. But alas, it didn't last. I spent my time developing Excel stuff with VBA and a database with Access. I got out and took a job as a Y2K project lead(hated it hated it hated it). Then jumped into Oracle on Unix from DB2 on VMS and am as happy as a clam.

Dan - Not quite a DBA.

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I had a Spectrum 48K and the rest of the story is about the same for me. Same downward spiral and all...

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Sinclair was a brand of personal computers that came out in the UK about 20 years ago,
If memory serves , they started of with the ZX 81 which had a whole 1K of memory.

Their next offering was the Spectrum 16K followed by the 48K. with rubber keys and programmable in basic.
I remember back in the early 80's I got one for my 14th birthday and that set me on the downward spiral to
where I am now :-) as a dba

they subsequently went bust, and I still have that Spectrum 48K after nearly 20 years.
You can get emulaters for it on the PC.

Any more spectrum owners out there that want to admit to it ? Brian

"Kevin Kostyszyn" <kevin_at_dulcian.com>@fatcity.com on 04/04/2001 02:36:02 PM

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MMMMMMmmmmmmm TRS-80.....
what's a Sinclair?

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Patrice J
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A TRS-80? Why not a Sinclair?

: )

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> Suprisingly, I just logged on and it took only a second. Amazing!! They
> must have gotten that other Tandy computer running again.
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> Is anyone else having problems with Metalink today?
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