@ willgeorge - I almost hate to say how old I was before I got my own computer at home let alone having a home made network at 6.
That sounds like an awesome kid. I think the article grossly over-hypes the difficulty and credibility that comes with passing an MCP exam but its still a great accomplishment for such a young kid. It’s been many years since I’ve been to an interview where someone gave a damn about my Microsoft certifications.
I almost hate to say how old I was before home computers or networks were invented, but that’s ok as I used to wired up my own logic circuits as a kid.
Heck I remember when soldering irons looked like this, think I’m dangerous with a soldering iron now, you should have seen me as a kid.
Did you have to soak that in a bed of hot coal before use? 
[quote=“Duke Nukem”]Heck I remember when soldering irons looked like this, think I’m dangerous with a soldering iron now, you should have seen me as a kid.
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@ Duke Nukem - Looks like some kind of instrument for torture. ;D
[quote=“Architect”]@ Duke Nukem - Looks like some kind of instrument for torture. ;D[/quote] if you were a wire and about a pound of solder it must have seemed like torture as my shop teacher used to cry when he saw my connections, but I figured I could have run Grand Coulee through those joins.
Looks like heated by gas.
@ Architect -
Yes and we used 20 mule team borax for soldering paste
I used one of those for soldering - not for electronics though.
My first computer toy.
Network…??? 8)
This was the first model iType from apple 