A newcomer from France (edited)

[Mark]

Hello, and a happy new year to everyone,

As a newly registered member, I would like to introduce myself : I have been visiting the HP museum since 1996, regularly peeking at the forum. To say the least, reading you all is very instructive, I learn a lot.

I've been working in the field of embedded electronics and real-time systems for 15 years, and switched to IT security (less exciting to me) some years ago.

Some of my hobbies are centered around old scientific and measurement equipment, tube / transistor radios, 8-bit processors (presently working on a 6502-based desk calculator) and of course, speaking about calculators : I collect them.

Edit : I forgot to mention that HP calculators are special to me : the first I got was a broken -and quickly fixed- 21, and the last one I bought was a 15C LE...

I began almost 35 years ago, starting with electronic machines, going on with mechanical devices and slide rules. What a lot of fun... I did some mistakes also, they're part of the learning process.

In advance, please forgive me : I'll probably be more a reader than a contributor... but whatever I can contribute to, it'll be a pleasure ! My only problem is, as for many of us, time :-)

Regards,
Marc