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		<title>A New Beginning</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I come across many interesting computer-related products and tips.  This is the place where I will share those items.  I&#8217;ve been in the business for a long time.  I suppose I am a relic since my tech experience pre-dates the IBM-PC. I originally entered the microcomputer business selling s-100 based systems into pharmacies &#8211; both [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I come across many interesting computer-related products and tips.  This is the place where I will share those items.  I&#8217;ve been in the business for a long time.  I suppose I am a relic since my tech experience pre-dates the IBM-PC.</p>
<p>I originally entered the microcomputer business selling s-100 based systems into pharmacies &#8211; both hospital and retail.  They were slick for the time and quite expensive.  In fact a 16K memory card cost upwards of $600 and I remember selling a 360k floppy disk drive (double-height and double-sided) for $450.  The first Winchester disk drive I saw had a capacity of 18 megabytes, weighed over a 100 lbs. and had a footprint the size of a foot locker.</p>
<p>Subsequent to that, I cut my teeth learning to program while I worked in a sales capacity at Northern Lights Computer in Berkeley, CA.  It was a great experience in the midst of the computer revolution in and around Silicon Valley.  Northern Lights was a distributor for NorthStar Computers (formerly Kentucky Fried Computer) and was on the leading edge as it was run and owned by two sisters &#8211; Teryl &amp; Gloria Burt.  They were very generous and I owe them a lot.</p>
<p>So much for ancient history.  The purpose of this new web site is to share tech information that I think would be useful to my clients and friends.</p>
<p>Over and out.</p>
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