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At an early age I was always taking things apart to see how they worked. I have always had an interest in electronics and computers. In the early eighties I bought my first computer second hand which was the Acorn Atom. I often got Electronics magazines an saw an advert for a modular computer system you could build yourself at your own pace by buying bare boards sourcing your own components or buying from the Greenbank Electronics. Interak 1 was the name of the system which was an arrangement of plug in cards each with its own function. In early 1985 I ordered my first board which was the video interface. Some months later I ordered the parts and card frame and over months and years built up a system which I still have to this day. Over the years I have also bought or aquired other computer systems which gave me an insight into other types of hardware on operating systems. Most of my later education has been Engineering based and in the early nineties I did an HND in Software..

Primary location: Umberleigh United Kingdom