Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

I'm in the same boat as TopCat, except I cut my teeth on Atari computers until I purchased a Tandy 1000 in 1988. I remember purchasing my first HD from Dirt Cheap Hard Drives and though it was massive at 80mb. I hate to say what I paid for it but today, I could purchase a fairly nice laptop for the same cost as that drive. In the 90's, I started attending local Computer Shows to purchase wholesale components and began building systems for myself, family members and friends. I thought about leaving my teaching job and selling...