Now that my book, Polynesian Dreams, is available on all e-book sellers, Kindle, Nook, Google Books, WaveCloud, E-books and more, I was thinking about my history with computers.
My love affair with computers began in the early seventies. I do not know if it was love at first sight but I know I wanted to own one. I almost bought a Heath Kit but I am not handy with a soldering iron. One night in Reno, at a lunch counter I bought a 60cent Keno ticket and wonder over wonder, I won $1050.00. My wife told me that she was tired of listening to me telling her how much I wanted a computer but could not reconcile to spend over a thousand dollar for one. Now that I had this windfall she told me to go out and get one of those dumb machines. I ended up buyin a TRS-80. Friends asked what I was going to do with this "calculator'. It had very few programs that came on a ordinary audio tape and you played it on a player/recorder but it had one important feature built in, the BASIC (beginners all purpose instruction code) I quickly learned it and began to write simple programs. Little did anyone know that in 2014 computers have become so common place that almost everyone has one. Anyway, I did not know it in 1978 but I made a lot of money with my computers. Floppy 5 1/4 floppy discs came out and later also Windows, replacing CPM operating system.. I upgraded constantly, I even became a KayPro dealer. I am probably on my 20th computer, not to mention my Destop, Laptop and smart phone. I designed tons of web sites for good money and have now listed my book on the E-sellers sites, greatly helped by WaveCloud, a new company that is terrific. Now budding authors will have a fighting chance to sell their creations, before e-books a virtual impossibility. Look for Polynesian Dreams in the e-book store, read a few sample chapters and if you like what you read, buy the $8.50. I am donating my share to charity, An animal shelter and to the Wounded Warrior project. It is an inspirational story with lots of adventure and romance. It is autobiographical and you can learn from my mistakes. Happy reading, Johan Van Oldenbarneveld