Comments on: Ch. 2 – A Street of Houses – 1984

By: kenadventure

kenadventure — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 06:05:04 +0000

In reply to Ghassan Kabbara. Hi Ghassan, I sold a lot of Olivetti computers in my early days. they were very good at the time.

By: Ghassan Kabbara

Ghassan Kabbara — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:32:23 +0000

Enjoyed the blog Ken. I remember the first computer I purchased back in 1987. It was an Olivetti 1OMB HD with 640 kb mem. I got it for approx $2000. My first floppy program was a game Flight simulator that i enjoyed playing on the green screen. My next game a few years after that was a game a simulation of the Stock Market where you would read news of companies performance and purchase/sell stocks and then press F7 to advance one week. I remember in one month of playing for the game I must have in one year many about $300,000 profit. Pity it was only a game 🙂

PS Did you keep the copy of the morning herald btw

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 04:31:35 +0000

In reply to Alison. Hi Alison, I must confess at the time I was beginning to think the same thing. This wasn't helped by an accountant from one of the big firms voicing the same sentiment, only his comment wasn't the tongue in cheek variety! You'll be able to see if the trend continued in my next chapter.

By: Alison

Alison — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 13:18:47 +0000

Crikey Ken, you seem to be the kiss of death on these firms. Hope the next chapter shows a change of fortune.

By: Michele M Myers

Michele M Myers — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:21:08 +0000

Blimey what next Ken!!!! Very interesting .

By: Ken Fife

Ken Fife — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:20:09 +0000

In reply to Anne Bruford. Thanks Anne. It all worked out in the end :-)

By: Sue Morgan

Sue Morgan — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:59:34 +0000

Another great read – looking forward to more !

By: Anne Bruford

Anne Bruford — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:34:18 +0000

I also am amazed at your transition from a farmer to an IT geek!!!You can turn your hand to anything, Ken.
So much bad luck with the 3 companies folding, but you are a very resilient man as will no doubt be revealed in the next chapter 🙂

By: Judy Mitchell

Judy Mitchell — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 05:19:56 +0000

Well that was far too short (though I did skim the technical stuff). The plane trip with the newspaper headline was the stuff of films. I am impressed with your quick mastery of all the tech stuff and expect to read in the next episode how you turned your misfortune into a triumph. I have to say I do prefer the farming world to the tech one but you manage to make it into a good story nevertheless.

By: David Fife

David Fife — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 02:09:59 +0000

Gee ,what a transition! From an N.Z farmer to computer / marketing whiz. Another interesting chapter, I look forward to more.