Re^2: Jumping ship from C++

at the extortionate rates that places like 'Watford Electronics' asked.

Damn! We must have been near neighbours.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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Re^3: Jumping ship from C++ by morelenmir (Beadle) on Jan 10, 2014 at 00:29 UTC
They were certainly NOT cheap for software!!! However, the chaps I spoke to always seemed happy to chat for a few minutes or offer some unsubsidized advice. Latterly they were also one of the very few places you could get new A4/5/7000/'RiscPC' stuff and in fairness you could pocket some amazing bargains. I once got a hardware 'PC Emulator' - that was a real 486 with 8mb ram on a daughterboard! - for an A4000 from them at Ł5! The previous prices were written in felt-tip on the box and had initially started at Ł500 before being successively crossed out and marked down... That was in the days before ARM went to the darkside and joined the mobile-phone industry. Sadly Watford bit the dust back in '07 I think... "Aure Entuluva!" - Hurin Thalion at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.	[reply]
Re^4: Jumping ship from C++ by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 10, 2014 at 01:02 UTC
Sadly Watford bit the dust back in '07 I think... Indeed, but the whole ethos of the original 80s company -- enthusiasts selling to enthusiasts -- had long since submerged beneath the commoditisation of the 90s and the bubble of 00s :( With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]
Re^5: Jumping ship from C++ by morelenmir (Beadle) on Jan 10, 2014 at 01:55 UTC
Yeah, that's the feeling I got too. I didn't do much business with them later than about 1999 I think - which was the emulator board. I still go to Maplins from time to time and depending who serves you, if you go asking for spares and components you can have a really good talk with some of the old hands. "Aure Entuluva!" - Hurin Thalion at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.	[reply]