Greetings from an odd person in the USA

[Plaz]

Welcome, Im originally from Indiana too.

Back when I was 17, the "brand new" computers were the Vic-20, Atari 800 and TI-99/4. The Commodore Pet, Apple II and TRS-80 had been around for a couple of years and folks were still trying to figure out all the things you could do with a computer. Cool times indeed.

Plaz

[Plaz]

I think the mobile / portable computer thing is really their counterpart to what the 80's were to us.

No doubt, but it's not quite the same. When I got my first computer, the second thing I wanted to do was grab my soldering iron and start operating. I don't see my kids with the same kind of interest in their gadgets.

Hey, can I take a look at that for you?

 "No Dad, you're not taking my phone apart."

Drat.  

Plaz