Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: epson ecotank
From:    Rob Mccart
Date:    Fri Apr 10, 2026 09:56

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RM> > At one time owning a computer put you in the 'elite' club..

MO>And if you built them, others were in awe of you.  Of course, to
  >maintain that mystique you never told them /how/ you built it.
  >Yeah, it was a good time to be a nerd.

It was quite something when I think back on it. I'd never even
touched a computer when I started buying parts to build my
first one, and it was hard enough to pay the bills at that time
since I was carrying a house mortgage on my own after a breakup.
Even building it myself it would take about 2 weeks income to
buy the parts, so that was a big expense at the time.

I was thinking of buying a cheaper system, likely a Commodore 64,
when I ran into a friend in a mall that I hadn't seen for years
and we gottalking about it, since he was working with computers,
and he told me how I could build something better for less money.

And Iguess the rest is history..

I must have been reading too many Science Fiction books back
then making me feel that I just HAD to get a computer..   B)

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