Though involved with microcomputers since 1977, it was
1978 before I could afford to buy an Apple II. I now own
three Apples as well as a Zenith 148. I also have a room
full of disk drives, modems, monitors, printers, and circuit
boards. Eventually (if this book sells enough copies), I
will purchase a Macintosh. Despite this, I am not a
"hacker," which is someone who lives inside a
microcomputer. The first hackers were assembly language
buffs, but later there came other kinds of hackers. I might
call myself a "word hacker," since one of my three main
interests in microcomputers is word processing for writing.
My second interest, related to my career, library
administration, includes internal library activities such as
preparing monthly or annual reports, budgets, and making
catalog cards.