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MikeFoster
New Tinkerer
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Joined: Nov 29, 2024
Posts: 1
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Nov 29, 2024 - #1
Hi Everybody,

Just registered and thought I'd introduce myself, here's a few details about me. I'm in my mid fifties, played with other friends computers (Apple IIe, PET, Vic-20) before my dad got a Franklin Ace 1200. Graduated from college with a computer programming cert and have worked over 30 years in the industry as a programmer/software architect. I've recently fallen into a retro computing rabbit-hole on YouTube (mac84, Adrian Black, Action Retro, etc...) and want to get into finding and fixing old machines. A few weeks ago a good friend passed away and left behind several Apple computers from a IIe all the way to a 2013 iMac. This has given me extra incentive to get into this hobby so I can revive the older machines and get to any pertient data on his many Apple II 5 1/4" and 800K 3 1/2" floppies. I have a very basic understanding of electronics, I like messing around with Raspberry Pis and do some 3d printing. Seeing folks bring these great machines back to life and even making new software and hardware for them is a real thrill.
That's probably enough for now. See you out there!

Cheers,
Mike

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JDW
Administrator
Japan
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Joined: Sep 2, 2021
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Nov 29, 2024 - #2
Welcome to TinkerDifferent, Mike!

This is certainly a great place to discuss your newfound hobby. I look forward to seeing your future posts about repair!

--James

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