I've got the power! Psyche. I definitely don't
Richard Speed
Mon 28 Dec 2020 // 09:30 UTC
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Register reader stories of amusing and frustrating tech sightings over the festive period.
Today's instalment takes us back a few decades to the 1990s, when Bros had ceased to be and Take That were chewing up the charts (the first time around).
"Joshua" (not his name – there are no Christmas breaks for the Regomiser) was one of the many who, during the decade, discovered the delights of Microsoft Access. He'd put together a system for sales support at a small roofing materials retailer, running atop Windows for Workgroups. The database ran from the office manager's PC.