Welcome to theCacheMore 2023series! This cache was hidden as part of a friendly geocaching competition to encourage exploring the areas surrounding North Central West Virginia. To learn more and participate for yourself, please click HERE.
Computers haven been a part of our everyday lives. We use them daily including finding Geocaches. Back
in the early 1980s, the Commodore 64 computer was first sold which I believe was well-ahead of its time.
I used it to play games (It only had 64K memory), word processing, and even did a little assembly language
programming. Both my parents could knew I was very interested in working on computers, so I looked up
tech jobs in the Air Force and chose to pursue that path. Being a computer technician requires the right frame
of mind and having logical reasoning. Knowledge of computers requires broad experience and the correct tool
for the job and the military has plenty of tech training. I spent over 7 months of schooling before I had to go
to my first duty station in Omaha. My training included basic electronics for several months before moving onto
computer troubleshooting. This computer was the size of a small room, so it seemed pretty ancient even back
then. Computers were very expensive in 1989. It cost me around $700.00 for an 8088 computer while a taxi
ride cost was only a dollar. At my first duty station, I worked on then state-of-the-art 286 computers. When
I retired after 20 years, I saw the 8088 to just before the release of the I3 CPU over that time. Truly amazing!
Assume 39 3a.bcd W 080 3e.fgh
- 8
- 6
+ 1
- 62
+ 0
/ 8
- 121
- 39
Final Instructions:
