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excerpt: "During a recent phone conversation between myself and our esteemed editor I was asked to write something about how I use my little black box - but before I do that here is a little history. In the early eighties I was singing in a rock’n’roll band as well as learning the beginnings of my…"
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# Rock’n’QL

During a recent phone conversation between myself and our esteemed editor I was asked to write something about how I use my little black box – but before I do that here is a little history. In the early eighties I was singing in a rock’n’roll band as well as learning the beginnings of my current profession as a sound engineer. I do not remember quite where it came from but I found myself in possession of one those early computers – a large aluminium box containing a vast collection of chips and other components. This box took up a large amount of space and did very little at all. I spent many hours typing in Basic programs but, since I had no storage mechanism, lost them all every time I turned the machine off. I was saved further frustration by finding another function for the thing – that of room heater when the power supply gave out and fried several of the chips.