I've been building and using IBM compatible PCs since August of 1981, when IBM released their very first personal computer. I owned one of the very first IBM PCs that were shipped to Portland, OR. These had a maximum of 640 kb of discreet chip RAM - meaning each bit of the necessary 9 bits were handled by an individual memory chip. There weren't even any color monitors or hard disk drives available to consumers for reasonable prices when IBM released this first PC. I had a composit green screen and a cassette recorder for mass storage on my first PC, but did get a 180 kb (later 360 kb) floppy drive.

So, you could say I have been working with computers for awhile.. Before I got my first IBM compatible PC, I had used Apple's ][ and //e personal computers. Even before that, I had my hands on a Digital Equipment Corp. PDP 11/45 and PDP 11/70 mini-computers. I've even used a Hewlette Packard HP-1000E, CDC 3150, IBM System 32 and System 3.

Oh yes, I've also owned an MITS Altair 8800a S-100 bus microcomputer which I had connected to an ASR-33 teletype with paper tape punch/reader. I had to load the entire OS and Basic language every time I wanted to use the 8800a! I even did a bit of 8080 assembler by programming on the 8800a's front panel.

Our goal is to bring many different types of people together in order to foster free exchange of technical information and methods. We hope to eventually have Webmasters, Programmers in all languages, System Administrators, Graphics Designers, and many other occupations and kinds of people represented here.

We encourage participation, and I have just added message boards! So, buckle up and enjoy the ride as I continue to expand the Dynaplex Network and share my experiences! Jump in anytime you want to contribute or share something.