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My name is Jim Howard and I got my first computer in 1978. I put a bulletin board system online in 1982. It was called Howard's Notebook and at first it was 300 baud dial up. When the world wide web was invented in 1995 Howard's Notebook moved to the web.
From the very beginning I was doing everything with lost cost software and hardware. I had to write my first BBS program in BASIC.
My first computer did not have a floppy drive, or hard drive, and I had to use a cassette tape recorder. The cost to add floppy drive would have been $350.00 for the interface and $350.00 for the floppy drive.
From the very first day I was helping new people get online. I been doing that for 35 years.
In 1984 Howard's Notebook was picked by "Line-Up" magazine as one of the ten best sites in the world.
In 2005 I was one of the people featured in "BBS: The Cocumentary ."
I was one of the first people to stream video. I was online blogging and streaming video before YouTube (2005), before Google (1998) and all of the others.
I started using YouTube when they started up in 2005 and I have over 600 videos on YouTube .
I am 75 years old and I have been helping online people and providing services. I was one of the first to bring Internet email and newsgroups into Kansas City (MO) at no cost.
I always had to do it on the cheap. I never could afford top of the line hardware or software. I got the job done but others could afford better hardware and software.
I am living on a very small retirement. Like many others I just make it month to month.
I would love to move up to a new powerful computer and video equipment and get to see just how much good I could do with some first class video production videos on YouTube.
If you would like to see what a difference an old man could do with a first class computer and camera on YouTube I would welcome your help.
I would love to make better videos to help people. This might be the way I could do it.
If you want to help I would thank you very much.
Jim Howard NØUWY
