I am a farm raised Hoosier who has spent the last 40 years making furniture with the exception of four years working for a small local computer company. I was taking part-time classes at a local extension of Vincennes University when my professor found out I was doing much more with a "toy" computer than his customers were with the best IBM had to offer at the time (1988). It got me a job (Service Manager) but cost me my degree in the long run. They say you should never work for family. I wouldn't recommend working for your professor either. When I left the company because of a disagreement about ethics, it made my degree impossible to complete... (I believe honesty comes first) There is an old German saying that roughly translates, "Too soon old, too late smart". I just turned 60 and I'm still learning new things.
I've been doing computer repair and maintenance for friends and family for years. We have one room in the house that I refer to as "That Black Hole We Call Storage". There are many, many add-on boards and such that are in their original boxes with the manuals and driver software that are technically obsolete. I've been researching recovery methods since I've been off work due to physical problems (June of this year). Just fount SMF this morning and after reading, some of the posts, I feel like I've found the community I've been looking for.
I look forward to getting to know you and becoming educated on scrapping. If I wind up not being able to go back to work, this just might end up keeping me from driving my wife nuts... [grin]
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