C64Whiz
Time to re-assemble!
Whew...gave me a little hassle as the plastic binding is only as big as Timex wanted. Had to fight a bit with the last few pages and back cover, but it's all back together. Time to put it away with it's machine again.
Wow, not as much as I had hoped...at least not "popping".
I plucked out a few things I'll try and show today (work is on my tail).
First is not very exciting to most, I know, but it's a big deal to me. A Docubind Binder. I used this to create manuals and documentation when I was building my own Linux distro.
Now, I've been waiting for it to come out of storage so I can re-assemble the Timex Sinclair 1000 user manual I scanned a while back.
New #Introduction because I forgot to pin it...
Hello. My name is C64Whiz.
I started out on the #TimexSinclair1000 when my parents went to a time-share presentation and received a free gift - a Timex #Sinclair 1000 complete with 16K memory expansion box and 3 applications on cassette.
After that, my friend in junior high showed me Summer Games on the #Commodore #C64 which began the begging to my parents for my own #C64.
My parents finally caved, and on the day they got it, we set it up and I wanted to jump right in. My parents said "Not until you practice your violin for 2 hours" and then left for a social function. I did not practice. I sat on that #C64 for hours.
When they got home, I confessed I did some amazing things on our new computer instead of the violin. They put me on restriction from the computer for 2 weeks. Totally f'n worth it!!!!
Since then I've been a computer geek/nerd. I worked as a sys-admin for a Novell network, but then did DB programming when the company learned I could code. After that I started teaching and also got a job as a Unix sys-admin which morphed into the #CyberSecurity/#InfoSec job which I have today (though I do still teach at the university level).
My goal is to get back into #RetroComputing complete with making videos (see link in my profile), posting tips/tricks, etc, etc, etc. I'm primarily #Commodore at the moment but intend on diving into #Apple][, #Macintosh, #Amiga, #Sinclair, #Atari, and more. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of space or hardware so while I will be doing a few repairs, most of what I do will be software/emulation for now. My hope is to record/document everything from the beginning to be an example for others getting into this hobby.
Mark Gardner
[HANDMAIDEN] xanPlease do not forget to read this important notice included with the #TimexSinclair1000.
Henrique Jorge 