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    Hi guys.

    Being a systems integration engineer (or so I'm told) from way back before even IT courses existed, and also of course being an Aussie from SA country originally, I'm considered a little "odd" and my family has no idea what I'm talking about, but nod to be polite after I've just explained something to them , I thought I'd check this website out and see what you all do in here.

    My actual degrees are in Electronics and Maths, and things have changed just a "tad" since the good old Zylog Z80 intel 8080 and the Motorola 6809 days. (If you recognise any of these processor names, it's an instant clue that you're also a dinosaur )

    I first started as a programmer, and shifted into hardware installation and service work doing mostly token ring, and started writing programs to 'integrate" unlike networks so that both could "share" a printer.
    I then shifted into biometrics, and have been pretty much in security, and integrating separate security systems since.

    Currently I mostly do sales, and only the very occasional install, or service work.

    So just a bit about me, as I'm sure you guys have lots of better things to do than to read all this. For those of you that have made it this far, feel free to leave a reply



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    Welcome to Austech, Clay.

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    Thanks mate.

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    Welcome to the forum. Good old Token ring eh? What about twinax lol

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    Ha ha token ring, that brings back some memories. ....
    BTW, Z80 is a swear word around here.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by hoe View Post
    Ha ha token ring, that brings back some memories. ....
    BTW, Z80 is a swear word around here.......

    Sent from my SM-G925I using Tapatalk
    It wasn't the Z80 you swore about, but the undocumented spaghetti code you was trying to debug ....

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    I notice that your location says Auburn. In the Clare Valley??? I'm only a few clicks away.
    I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...

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    Quote Originally Posted by lsemmens View Post
    I notice that your location says Auburn. In the Clare Valley??? I'm only a few clicks away.
    This one's in Sydney, NSW soz mate.

    I was born in Port Pirie, and grew up in SA country, (Pirie, Peterborough and Whyalla), which is more over your way. A smidgeon closer than Auburn NSW, at any rate

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    Fair enuff
    I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...

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    Welcome to the forum Clay, new members with a positive attitude are extremely welcome.

    Being considered odd is almost a prerequisite, so you will fit in well.
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    Thanks mate. I was concerned it might be full of armchair professors hotly debating highly technical topics to death

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clay Turner View Post
    Thanks mate. I was concerned it might be full of armchair professors hotly debating highly technical topics to death
    You will be right as long as you have a thick hide

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    Quote Originally Posted by admin View Post
    You will be right as long as you have a thick hide

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    It ain't the Lions you need worry about here, more like the Sharks.....
    I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...

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