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So the 2h edit window ran out just before I could fix two quite annoying typos. What I meant to write was: And that they spent insane amounts of money, relativ
by tpmx 6y ago
So the 2h edit window ran out just before I could fix two quite annoying typos.
What I meant to write was: And that they spent insane amounts of money, relative to their income, later on... [on an 8086 and then a 486 PC].
I suspect that quite a lot of us now sort-of-old-timers owe our careers to parents who did something similar to what my parents did to me.
- kinard 6y agoI was bought a ZX81 after I pestered my parents for months, unfortunately they were not particularly well off, so they couldn't afford a tape recorder, which meant I had to write my own games (copied from magazines at first of course). I now own a couple of software companies and have had the good fortune of making my once hobby my career. Lucky us!
- ddalex 6y agoI'm definitely grateful to my parents for shelling out (after ~1 y of begging) for the first computer, an ZX clone; then for a 386 ! I think starting on a ZX was a blessing and a curse at the same time :) I shaped my career, but I continue to think of processor cycles and RAM as being very expensive in terms of time :(
- tpmx 6y agoHeh, there may be something to that "curse".