I'm just going outside for a while.

OK, you sad lot. 😁

I still have a sealed disk set for DOS and windows 3.1, and a parallel printer cable.

Just in case!
its amazing the stuff we keep but will never use. I still have the tape drive and backup tapes for a computer I retired in 2004, SCUSI film scanner and a parallel print cable.
 
Hmmm. my memory is not what is used to be - wasn't it an interface for scanners and the like - I vaguely remember needing a twain driver. Re the cable was it, IIRC, a funny square connector like a scart?
 
I think I've got a Dynamo labeler somewhere that embosses a coloured plastic tape. You spend ages dialling each letter individually and putting a label on everything in site, then a couple of months later removing the sticky residue left behind because you've removed the label.
 
Just had a nosey and found installation disks 1-7 for Lotus Ami Pro. Anyone else remember this being the foremost word processor software ?
Maybe I have Lotus 1-2-3 hanging around somewhere ? 🤔
Yes, I remember having a word processor with that ...... Early IBM compatible computer running the very first windows - so slow. My FIRST word processor was an Amstrad games machine! With Amstrad 3" floppy discs IIRC.
 
All this talk of PCs, my first computer was an Atari 400 with 16K RAM, and a membrane keyboard. 8 bits of power! Still have the cassette tape drive from it, as well as an Atari 800 XL (64K RAM) and a 5.25" external floppy drive. Both also had cartridge slots for ROM modules.

Right I'm off to wait 45 minutes for space invaders to load from cassette.
 
My first PC was from Time who at the time offered an extended 4 years (if i remember right) of warranty. This cost nearly as much as the PC but if you didn't make a claim and had followed the proper registration and claim procedures you could get a full refund.

The problem was that after a year technology had become cheaper and a replacement PC was now less than the warranty so even if your Time PC went wrong you wouldn't make a claim.

I was one of the lucky ones and managed to get the cost of the warranty refunded. Two weeks later Time went bust leaving a lot of customers unable to get their money refunded.
 
I remember Time. The first PC I built from scratch cost me over £800 and had the most memory and storage I could afford, but by todays standards would be absolutely nothing. This was then continually upgraded until it was impossible to do.
My first CD burner that I added to a PC cost approx £250 and my justification was that it would pay for itself in just 15-20 CDs that I could 'back up'.
 
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