General Chat

up until a few years back,i thought it was similar to having teletext,and had no interst whatsoever....then a pal,who writes music,said he needed to change his,and would i like his old one for £100,so i thought i would give it a go...glad i did...what about you......bryan.

Do you know - I honestly can't remember lol Had for about 10 years now and wouldn't be without it - sad moo aint I ??? lol

Bought mine for my husband on his birthday so he'd have a hobbie ..............to bad he can't get near it.

My son and his g/friend introduced it to me. We have been in love ever since lol I ask the granchildren on 'How do I?' Nannys little helpers lol Gerri the puter addict x

Bryan, Had one for about 10 yrs too, I am sure we bought ours so that I could keep in contact with hubby when he was away at sea, though I have to admit its only been the last 4yrs I have become addicted to being on it!! Debs x

there was one in house for years...wasn't even interested in it...couldn't switch it on....left it to everyone else to use. Then along came my tree work....hubby had to buy me my own as he couldn't get me off his...weeehey..its mine...and it is my bestest thing

first computer was a sinclair 48k.spectrum. with a ''dead flesh'' keyboard second was a bbc model b vintage LOL these days a shortcut takes up nearly as much room than the bbc had memory..........ooops!16 k was ok for silly games though......and word processing.. bob

Hi Bryan Got mine about 10 yrs back when I first started doing the family tree, no internet connection then. When got connected didn't know about virus protection then so trashed it in about 2 yrs! lol Rebuilt it, as learnt a lot by then! but fan(s) went, yep learnt another thing, my power supply had 2 not 1! trashed it! Can't live without it now, all hubby and son say is they know what the back of my head looks like!!! Kim PS bought son one for Christmas as backup!!! lol

well,i'me self taught,and for the first few months,i found it really difficult,but i would write questions down,and the next day ask a lady working in a cafe,and she was a great help. a friend of mine went online just before xmas,and i was so chuffed,cos i went to his house and helped him...the things i've done for a bowl of home made chicken soup :o) bryan.

We got an offer of someone elses as well Bryan lol. Paid £100 quid not bad although there was no sound. At the time we didn't have broadband and because it was a very slow computer it was costing a fortune so we bought a new one really fast with sound and then we got broadband lol. This is my third computer and my second dell. :-) Pat x

My daughter gave me an old one of hers, on which to do my family tree. It was an NEC laptop with a hard-disc capacity of 7.5 megabytes, not powerful enough to go online, but it whetted my appetite.So I bought me a Dell desk-top for my 75th birthday in 1998. Now on my second Dell. Len

Pat I really hope you dont mean Dell Trotter!!! LOL

Bob, Youv've just reminded me! My actual first one was a Comodore 64? In the early 80's, put all my recipies on it, you didn't have monitors then it was the TV screen, you should have seen the mess in my lounge when I was baking, trailing back and forth from the kitchen to read the TV!! lol Kim

Bob LMHO Nah fank god it's cushty this ones kosher :-))) Pat x

bob,don't start me off on 'only fools and horses' as i will be here all night. my ex had a spectrum 64,with a rubber keyboard,i then bought her a commodore,and her personallity changed over night...within three months she took out a loan,and bought an expensive computer,with a laser printer. a year later she started her own company,and the rest is history. bryan.

ron,i read somewhere,that the best people to know,are those that can re-build computers...will put you on next years xmas card list :o) bryan.

Bryan daughter got her old one all up-graded and everything for me and hubby as part of a pressy last xmas;; hubby never been near it well he does look over my shoulder now and then;; but me addicted and drive daughter and tips board mad;; Babs

thanks to everyone,for your replies,off to bed now. nite nite....bryan.

We had a Commodore 64. Then I got a PC when we got one at work. A 386SX Been updating ever since. 3 hard disks, 3 motherboards, 2 power supplies, 1 case, 2 sound cards, a cd player, but it was stiil the same PC, then the monitor packed up. Last Januaury I bought a new one. David

I have Parkinsons and being 56 is quite young to get it my writting is so bad even i can't understand it, one day i came home from work and Dell had delivered pc husband had brought me, now i'm never off it,so i got a Lap top before xmas for a bit more comfort,i can sit on the sofa and join in now,,,,,,,,,,,,