Well looks like you are all kids, I'm going on 61.  Boy that is hard to say,
just does not seem that much time has passed.  zzzzzzzzzz oh yes, where was
I?

I started working on computers in the mid 60's when the registers consisted
of flip-flops constructed from transistors, diodes and resistors(talk about
low level trouble shooting).  This was before integrated circuits, they may
have been invented by that time but I had never heard of them.

Well my first computer was a Southwest Tech, It was a kit (the only way it
came) 6800 CPU and a whopping 4K static ram(pre dynamic).  It had the
switches on the front panel so you could load your program one byte at a
time.  In those days the terminal of choice was a Teletype (110 or 300
baud).  The next machine I owned was an Apple II with 16K memory and a
keyboard, a Sony TV was the monitor.  There was no floppy disk drives
available when I bought the machine but Apple promised they would start
shipping them in a few months.  I had never seen a floppy but wanted one bad
enough to place a deposit (90% of the cost) for one when I bought the Apple
II.

Time has been good to the microprocessor world and I am glad.

I am just getting involved with microcontrollers and to me it is very
exciting because it reminds me of the 70's.

Let the good times roll!!!

Paul Justice