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Yesterday, while cleaning up, I discovered a box of old invoices. 
I wondered how much electronic stuff I had already bought in my 
life and decided to write my IT CV ...


My technical CV - part one - the 80th ...

In this decade I became a programming, Casio, Sinclair and
Unix fan!

My "IT career" started in 1982, when I needed an "advanced" 
calculator for school. I asked my older cousin, who attended a 
higher technical school, what calculator he would recommend. 
After a lot of good advices, also from others, I bought a 
Texas Instaruments TI-55II


1982 --+- Texas Instruments TI-55 II (Programmable Calculator)
       |  First I wondered: Programming, who needs this nonsense?
       |  then it became the first device I ever programmed ...
       |
1983 --+- Casio FX-702P (BASIC programmable Pocket Computer)
       |  I asked a friend to bring me some chess computer 
       |  brochures and he brought me a Sharp Pocket Computer 
       |  leaflet (it was the Sharp PC-1211). Because the Sharps 
       |  were to expensive, I bougth a Casio and became a 
       |  programming (and BASIC) fan ...
       |
     --+- Sinclair ZX-Spectrum 48k (Homecomputer)
       |  In the same year I bought a Sinclair Spectrum in a shop
       |  in Switzerland. That's why I paid my first Homecomputer
       |  in Swiss francs. I started my next career as a Sinclair
       |  fan ...
       |
     --+- Casio PB-700 (Pocket Computer)
       |  In 1983 I also updated my FX-702P with the PB-700.
       |  A friend of a friend brought it from Germany, where
       |  one paid less than in Austria. This I used all five
       |  years in the Higher Technical School (HTL), my most  
       |  loyal companion in mathematics, mechanics ...
       |
1984 --+- Multiuser UNIX V System w/Terminals (at the HTL)
       |  I cannot remember exactly the manufacturer - I think 
       |  Perkinelmer. 
       |  Beginning with Sand (Silicium) - we really learned it
       |  from scratch. Handling of Unix V, programming in BASIC
       |  and Fortran 77, bash scripting. I loved it! I also 
       |  learned, that # is something special ...
       |
1985 --+- Sinclair QL
       |  With the QL I entered a more professional corner of 
       |  the computer universe, and learned, that computers can
       |  be very expensive and even Sir Clive Sinclair can be 
       |  wrong ...
       |
1987 --+- Autocomputer PC-XT Turbo (IBM Compatible 8088)
       |  My entry in the Microsoft universe, MS DOS 3.2, 5 1/4"
       |  floppy disks. The PC was imported directly from Taiwan
       |  via a computer club. I also bought a Philips monochrom
       |  Monitor and the Teco VP-1814 9-Needle-Matrixprinter.
       |
     --+- "EDV-Grundlagen" (Course)
       |  In spring '88 I attended the first of many computer
       |  courses: "Computer basics" with a written final exam.
       |  The trainer also benefited: I copied him a lot of MS-
       |  DOS software - can I still go to prison for this?
       | 
1988 --+- Casio PB-1000 (Pocket Computer)
       |  My last Casio. Very interesting model, but I don't 
       |  used it a lot.
       |
     --+- Seagate ST-125 (internal Harddiskdrive)
       |  An upgrade for the PC-XT with my first HDD. It had a
       |  gigantic capacity of 20 MB!!
       |  Years later I found a Virus on the FD with the 
       |  Diskmanager ...
       |
     --+- Commodore PCs (at school)
       |  The UNIX System at school was replaced by Commodore 
       |  PCs and MS-DOS. Several teachers became fanatic Larry 
       |  Laffer gambler and I missed Unix ...
       |
1989 --+- Sharp SF-9000 (Organizer)
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       |  The most expensive Gadget in absolute numbers. I paid
       |  220.000 - Paraguayan Pesos. I bougt it in Asunción, 
       |  Paraguay in summer 1989 - over 40° Celsius and 101% 
       |  humidity pushed me in my hotelroom with AC and gave me
       |  enough time to discover my first organizer. 
       |  NB: May god bless the inventor of the AC, the essential wonder of 
       |  mankind.
       |
      ...
to be continued
     --+- "EDV-Grundlagen" (Course)
       |  In spring '88 I attended the first of many computer
       |  courses: "Computer basics" with a written final exam.
       |  The trainer also benefited: I copied him a lot of MS-
       |  DOS software - can I still go to prison for this?
       | 
1988 --+- Casio PB-1000 (Pocket Computer)
       |  My last Casio. Very interesting model, but I don't 
       |  used it a lot.
       |
     --+- Seagate ST-125 (internal Harddiskdrive)
       |  An upgrade for the PC-XT with my first HDD. It had a
       |  gigantic capacity of 20 MB!!
       |  Years later I found a Virus on the FD with the 
       |  Diskmanager ...
       |
     --+- Commodore PCs (at school)
       |  The UNIX System at school was replaced by Commodore 
       |  PCs and MS-DOS. Several teachers became fanatic Larry 
       |  Laffer gambler and I missed Unix ...
       |
1989 --+- Sharp SF-9000 (Organizer)
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       |  The most expensive Gadget in absolute numbers. I paid
       |  220.000 - Paraguayan Pesos. I bougt it in Asunción, 
       |  Paraguay in summer 1989 - over 40° Celsius and 101% 
       |  humidity pushed me in my hotelroom with AC and gave me
       |  enough time to discover my first organizer. 
       |  NB: May god bless the inventor of the AC, the essential wonder of 
       |  mankind.
       |
      ...
to be continued