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I started using computers for business in about 1972. In those days South Wales Wireless had a hundred customers and several thousand items in stock. We used a computer bureau which was able to take our invoicing data and produce customer statements and stock record updates quickly. I became fascinated by the new technology and marvelled at their mainframe with huge reel-to-reel tapes and demountable Winchester drives. My contact in that bureau is still a friend and we meet every six months or so.
This was used by the clerical staff giving us the elements of a modern system at very low cost. Later we migrated to desktop computers and then to laptops, so that my colleagues and I could work away from base.
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