Quote Originally Posted by Peter Prewett View Post
I am aware how to get around and set up computers and printers since 1981 unless you want to go back when I worked, about 1957, at AWRE Aldermaston on a Ferranti Mk 1* serial #7 with CRT memory and valves.
Thanks for input,
Peter
I would say that not everyone goes back to the Ferranti Mk1, some of us only used the FM1600E, Ferranti Argus 700 and M700!

It's not a personal insult to have people consider all possibilities because most people are not as computer literate as you or I (having never touched a Ferranti machine) and even we sometimes miss the obvious thing.

What is clear is that none of us, computer literate as we are, know exactly what is happening even though I used to make computer chips for the Ferranti M700 and even programmed (briefly) the first European 16-bit microprocessor the F100-L.

I tend not to mention this stuff because it often fails to impress, but since you mentioned it..

..normal service is now resumed..