Subj : Soldering
To   : Sam Penwright
From : Dave Drum
Date : Thu Feb 24 2022 06:08 am

-=> Sam Penwright wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD>> If you have wick, sucker and heat source you have most of it. A
 DD> station

 SP> Ah the good old days with VCR's I made alot of money off them at my
 SP> computer shop. My the soldering station got a hell of a work out.
 SP> Sorry to bud in! You brought a lot of memories back thanks for waking
 SP> my brain up!

I sort of fell into the VCR repair. I had been managing a confuser store
when the owner filed for bankruptcy and gave me the store and inventory,
sketchy as it was, in lieu of my last two week's pay. I had to re-name 
the business since there were suppliers who would not sell to "Computer
Tutor" -- even for ca$h money.

Megabyte Computer Works became an authorised Amiga dealer as well as a
Mitsubishi Diamond Dealer (they had a nice little 286 powered laptop
at a good price point). We also repaired computers and other electronics.

As the computer business died out, going to the big box stores and mail
order, the electronic repair (especially VCRs) kept us afloat. But, that
began to wither on the vine when it became possible to buy a brand-new,
feature-laden, 4 head machine for what I charged for a cleaning and tune
up.   Bv(=

So we morphed into a satellite TV business. We were the last C-Band 
(big dish) guys in the area. But the bread & butter was PrimeStar, 
Dish and DirecTV (the small dishes).

Those were good times in retrospect. But I'd not want to go through it
again. Still .........

.... "All these doughnuts and not a cop in sight." -- Plucky Duck
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