[LINK] Computer science born in Australia 70 years ago

[Jan Whitaker]

What a great story, Tony. Personally, being in education, I could see 
that this personal computer revolution was going to change my field 
immensely, so I too bought a TRS-80 so I could learn about computing 
from the ground up. My little heart still goes pitty-pat when I remember 
the first blinking lights and realising if I bought a printer I could 
stop retyping everything. I even started a small business maintaining 
mailing lists and printing labels for other small businesses. Well, only 
1 actually - an architecture association in Phoenix. Investing in 
computers back then was too much for small offices. I gave my gear away 
to a tech friend when I left the US.

But to think how important that investment was for your family and what 
they have contributed since is really a super story. Makes me wonder 
what today's young people will dabble in for their own futures. Remember 
how gaming became a thing last decade and how huge that has grown! Next: 
space? ubiquitous virtual reality? Musk's idea of brain transfer? (that 
one scares me - read the Dean Koontz series with Jane Hawk - I'm nearly 
finished with that horror show - shudder)

Jan

On 19/09/2021 6:58 pm, Antony Barry wrote:
> It certainly changed their lives.