ScuzzBlog: Diaries November 2017 Entry 15th November 2017: Post: 3 The Office Geek Whilst digging through a number of big plastic tubs trying and failing to uncover the mystery A500Plus motherboard that has gone missing I came across a relatively large batch of 5.25" disks that probably date from late eighties and early nineties from the office. Time was we appointed an individual in the office to answer all our problems in respect of computers. In truth he was more than a geek, he kinda was a god when it came to computers as none of us knew anything. It was all a very very big mystery. The trick with the geek of the day was to maintain that level of mystery and complexity by not really sharing anything with anyone. Only when folk started to get machines at home did the knowledge base grow and expand. In time the geek kinda became redundant as most knew the general aspects of computers and when it came to more complex stuff, we had tech help from the guys providing ' the photocopy machine '. They were wizards with computers. We also had a resident AutoCAD boffin that handled all our CAD queries. In the latter days of the office even the secretaries knew how to manage and maintain their computers. The biggest problems by that time was keeping folk off MS Messengering services as it tended to play havoc with the network. One of the other side issues of the computer was the constant updating of kit and software. I was put in charge of overseeing the mechanics of keeping the kit running. Consequently it was my job to safely dispose of old kit and software. That generally meant storing here. And so here are a random set of some of the items I discovered these last few days. Nothing heavy and no real explanation in truth as to what it all was for. Pretty self evident I would have thought. Lotus 1-2-3 Lotus 1-2-3 NetWare AutoCAD SAPS Serif PagePlus Serif PagePlus Serif PagePlus Mouse Pen Mouse Pen Coral Draw C By Example Mastering DOS 5 MS DOS Lotus 1-2-3 Lotus 1-2-3 Lotus 1-2-3 Lotus 1-2-3 AutoCAD AutoCAD NetWare NetWare Serif PagePlus Serif PagePlus 3M Disk Box 3M Disk Box C By Example C By Example C By Example.. All 750 pages of it Mastering DOS 5 Mastering DOS 5 Mastering DOS 5.. All 800 pages of it MS DOS .. The running of MS DOS .. The running of I recall visiting a number of times the upstairs computer section of Waterstones and being totally overwhelmed by the volume of very very thick books. The books were so heavy they were not placed in shelves but left stacked on the floor. That was quite a mountain of books and seriously not one was less than 2" thick. The volume of written work for the computer in those days was growing as fast as the technology. How these guys found the time to write 750 pages on the computer I will never know

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