Struggling with Modern technology

Hi Craig, I'm 53 and quite ok with modern tech generally, although I struggle with instruction books! Maybe its what you've grown up with, I have computers/consoles from primary school age and feel pretty comfortable with them. 

You're 10 years younger than me and you had computers in primary school? We didn't even have them in secondary school, my school had none at all, the top maths group were allowd to go to the adjoining boys schools to have one lesson a week in computers, it was all hole punch cards back then.

I remember my dad getting a digital watch and a calculator, I remember transistor radio's small enough to be hidden under the bed covers, and listening to Radio Luxemburg at night. I was in my teens when cash machines started to make an appearance.

All this stuff makes me feel so old, I feel like a resurected ancient artifact.

Not computers at school, I think I got an Atari or something similar to start with. Good old space invaders or so like that. Although I had an ingersol I think it was called with the games like tennis which was hitting a fit with two dashes. My first proper computer was the good old zx spectrum when it first came out, I think I was at secondary school when this came out. 

Not computers at school, I think I got an Atari or something similar to start with. Good old space invaders or so like that. Although I had an ingersol I think it was called with the games like tennis which was hitting a fit with two dashes. My first proper computer was the good old zx spectrum when it first came out, I think I was at secondary school when this came out. 

Hah I remember that too, sounds like we are a very similar age I did O level computer studies too but in the fifth year at secondary school. Our year was the last O level year I think. We had BBC computers and the classic green screen...although the highlight for me in computer studies was one of my schoolfriend's popping a snowball on the teacher's chair and he sat on it. He got into a lot of trouble but was very funny

We're a similar age, I remember doing sponsored events at school to try and raise money to buy computers.  My older sisters never touched a computer at school but I ended up doing Computer Studies o-level (was the last year before GCSEs) but I had to go to the Tech College to do it.