Hello from the land of haggis and kilts.
Posted: 16 Jul 2026 09:48
Hi all, should have done this before I posted but better late than never.
I'll start at a suitable beginning. Got my first STFM aged 12 and it was the coolest thing i'd ever seen. It did a good stint until I was about 21! It got a completely botched 1mb upgrade as i'd never soldered before, so my little STFM if you're out there and still working, well done!! (oh also had a 2600 prior to my ST)
I Graduated in Aerospace Engineering and served my time (17 years) in aerospace and defence working on missile guidance, laser targeting, radar and electro-optics as an industrial design engineer. Stopped making WMD's and moved to a more peaceful job in Product design anything from medical to consumer devices. Did an 8 year stint in that. Now work in Space telecoms and satellite tech. I had a hobby business for 8 years on top of that designing ultra high power bike lights for mountain biking like downhill, trail and technical stuff. have a look at "Full beam Night nemesis" and "full beam Fusion".
Hobbies are footie (playing), I design telescopes for astronomy, bit of Karate, some mountain biking. recently started Atari 2600 coding (DASM) but that's going horribly. It's the programming version of BDSM, don't know why anyone would put themselves through this torture even though there's something ticklingly exciting about getting a spaceship to fly across a screen....
yesterday I took delivery of an STE in superb (almost mint) condition so very excited. Shopping list is filling up with add ons, upgrades and mods.
That's about it....
I'll start at a suitable beginning. Got my first STFM aged 12 and it was the coolest thing i'd ever seen. It did a good stint until I was about 21! It got a completely botched 1mb upgrade as i'd never soldered before, so my little STFM if you're out there and still working, well done!! (oh also had a 2600 prior to my ST)
I Graduated in Aerospace Engineering and served my time (17 years) in aerospace and defence working on missile guidance, laser targeting, radar and electro-optics as an industrial design engineer. Stopped making WMD's and moved to a more peaceful job in Product design anything from medical to consumer devices. Did an 8 year stint in that. Now work in Space telecoms and satellite tech. I had a hobby business for 8 years on top of that designing ultra high power bike lights for mountain biking like downhill, trail and technical stuff. have a look at "Full beam Night nemesis" and "full beam Fusion".
Hobbies are footie (playing), I design telescopes for astronomy, bit of Karate, some mountain biking. recently started Atari 2600 coding (DASM) but that's going horribly. It's the programming version of BDSM, don't know why anyone would put themselves through this torture even though there's something ticklingly exciting about getting a spaceship to fly across a screen....
yesterday I took delivery of an STE in superb (almost mint) condition so very excited. Shopping list is filling up with add ons, upgrades and mods.
That's about it....