b"'We would meet under the big gum trees inthe main street of Tarlee about once a month.It was kind of a loose board meeting. Id driven home one night back to Clare andI was sitting down having tea, and there was A MEMORYa knock on the door. It was two local copperswho I knew pretty well. They said a local in TarleePRINTED IN TIMEhad reported something suspicious: About oncea month, three men meet under the gum treesat the end of the main street, two wearing suits Johns son, Paul, remembers his dads and one not. Then they talk for a few hours, hopinterest in technology and how it could in their cars, and leave. One goes back up north, help his business. Dad bought the first and the other two south.dot matrix printer for the business. It had just been installed. He came home The fella who made the complaint thoughtand was excited to show us, so we something shady was going on. So the officer asked me, What are you doing? all got in the car and headed to the office. I remember we were amazedI told the officer, Were having a board meeting.that it printed backwards. It was just extraordinary. As a kid, you can imagine27No, what are you really doing? he responded.I thought this was wild. I think he paid a lot for that, but I dont knowI had to explain about John and Allan coming upif anyone else had one. An Apple Dot from Adelaide for meetings because Tarlee was convenient for us all. Even then, he didnt lookMatrix printer cost around $800 in entirely convinced but shook his head and left it.' 1982, equivalent to $2750 today.AboveMGA's first computer,AboveDot matrix printeran Apple IIe, c. 1980s. with a universal acoustichood to reduce noise."