Maybe too old for this

[Johcar]

Hello every one,
I am getting to the age of ?? well! age discrimination against myself, that's new.
Really I am more active than a lot of people much younger but sometimes the learning process seems to be taking a little longer.
Giving credit to myself, I forsaw the coming of the age of computers a few years ago buying a commodore 64, then a ibm laptop with the 1st 720 drive and windows 1.1 and everyone thought I was nuts!
Several years before that I purchased a New Hermes engraver and did CB coffee breaks on the weekends cleaning up about $250-300 a day till that died out and was stupid in selling that too!
A couple years ago I thought about getting ready for retirement my wife thinks I should be prepared to keep doing something so I took up woodworking, turning, etc, as a hobby and ended up building my own kitchen cabinets, crown molding and other things I won't mention.
Last year at 69 working 4 days a week 12 hours a day as a printer making paper napkins I leased a golf driving range but that was not enough, my daughter thought it would be a good idea to add a mini golf..... well this year I registered my boat again and said it is time to fish, no driving range.
Well then I thought about the engraving, ventured onto cnc information and now I am trying to figure this all out.
Originally was interested in a Carvewright, having second thoughts is why I am here!
John

[RICHARD ZASTROW]

Never too old. Look at me, I'm 69 also. My new mission in life is to aggravate everyone under the age of 60. LOL

Dick Z

[Hennessy]

Dam i knew it !!!!! you old farts do it on purpose!!!!

Hennessy

[Dualkit]

You are old if you bought a Commodore 64 and referred to that time as a few years ago, I think they came out in 1983. I am 49 and realize the 80's were a long time ago.

[RICHARD ZASTROW]

Mine was a TI with a tape cartridge for memory. LOL

BTW, I became a Professional Curmudgeon when I turned 65. Prior to that, just a PITA!!

Dick Z

[MyCattMaxx]

My first was a Vic20. But I also had the cassette drive and a modem... lol
I still have it.

[DIYaholic]

You ARE old when you start talking about "Your first one"....
and your not talking about "a little hotty"!!!!

I believe: You are only as old as the person (other person) you feel!!!

Randy,

[Crevice Reamer]

Hi John. Welcome to the Zone!

Maybe some of this basic CNC info will help you figure it out:

http://crevicereamer.com/Page_2.html

CR.

[ImanCarrot]

My first was a Vic20. But I also had the cassette drive and a modem... lol I still have it.

Lol, me too, 2.5K memory and the tape would load the game and quit just before it got to the end of the cassette.

Welcome to the zone Johcar, it's the most satisfying thing in the world to hold something in your hand that you hacked out of a lump of raw material and think "not a lot of people could have done that".

[Crevice Reamer]

OK, I'm not as old as I am.

My first computer was a TRS-80 with cassete drive. To give you an idea of how long ago this was, I had a problem with a Microsoft program on cassete and called Microsoft--Bill Gates answered the phone!

CR.

[bill south]

Wow, Heck and so forth.
I'm a young 57 and remember every computer you guys referenced. When I upgraded my trash-80 to 16 K of memory, I thought the world was in my hands with all that memory. Then a bit later, I bought my first 40 meg hard drive. Will anyone ever need that much memory???
Sorry, Jocar, don't mean to hijack your thread! You guys just got the ole memory juices flowing!
Jocar, this is the place that will keep you young. Cnc is a wonderful hobby. You can even make money with it if you don't count your time and monetary investment in equipment!!!!
Have fun and a pleasure to meet you!
Bill

[RICHARD ZASTROW]

After my TI, I got a Compaq Portable (luggable 26 pound 120 volt 9" crt). It had a monstrous 20 mg hard drive I partitioned into (2) 10 mg sections. Since then, maybe 10 others. But I still have the Compaq and the IBM (Epson) printer on a shelf in a closet. LOL

Dick Z