Pop's Computer Repair & Training
Serves Warren, Washington and Saratoga County in Upstate New York, and Western Vermont border towns from Fairhaven to Dorset.
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Lou Hall, Sr.
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Pop's offers on-site computer repair and training in Queensbury NY, South Glens Falls, Hudson Falls, Saratoga Springs, Lake George, Fort Edward, Warrensburg, Granville, Whitehall, Ticonderoga, Salem, Greenwich, Schuylerville, Ballston Spa, Cambridge, Troy, Clifton Park, Mechanicville, Latham, Albany, Schenectady, Guilderland, Scotia, and Altamont. Pop's computer repair and training is also available in Rutland VT, Fairhaven, Lake Saint Catherine, Lake Bomoseen, Poultney, Rupert and Dorset. Please visit Pop's Services page for info about website design, maintenance, web hosting, DSL, broadband, wireless routers and home networking solutions.
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Hello,

My name is Lou Hall and I've been keeping it green, living off the grid, near Belcher, in Washington County, for the last fifteen years. I have two sons. Brian & Lou Jr.. Lou called me pops so long, it started sounding like a good fit for the business name so I used it.

I'm 55 and my first real exposure to what was then called "new technology" goes back to 1968 at Guilderland Central High School where they offered one of the first computer programming courses in the state of NY. As simple as it might have been by today's standards, it was like science fiction to me! We used two IBM 029 Keypunch Machines, an 056 Punch Card Verifier, and an IBM 082 Sorter. The Sorter was by far the most the most fun to use as it required flow-charting, and physically wiring a large board on the side of the machine for each new job that you programmed it to complete. I guess it was no coincidence that one of my first part-time jobs during my junior and senior years of high school was as a keypunch operator with the NYS Department of Income Tax & Finance in Building #8, at the then brand new, SUNY Albany Campus.
 

In one capacity or another, I've continued to work (and play) with computer hardware, software, and various other gadgets ever since. Along the way, I've always enjoyed helping others solve their computer problems as well.

My resume can be found at the bottom of this page:

Thanks for visiting my website.
I hope you'll allow me to be of service.

Lou Hall, Sr.

Here are some pictures of the machines mentioned above:
Courtesy of Columbia University Computing History

IBM 082 Punch-Card Sorter

IBM 029 Keypunch Machine

Here's an IBM 026 which was around in the 40's
but shows it's features:

Resume:

Lou Hall, Sr.
4156 County Rt. 30
Salem, NY 12865
Phone: 518-854-3294

Work Experience:

1997– 2007 Owner: Thunder Mountain Land Sales:
Buyer and Seller of Fine Adirondack Lands in the
Lake George Region of Upstate New York

  • Designed Website and On-line Databases, Graphics and Maps
  • Have Personally Sold Over 3,500 Acres In The Adirondacks
  • Maintain An Active E-Mail List Of Over 2,700 Prospects
1995 – 1997 Balfour Realty, Queensbury, NY
Residential Real Estate Sales:
  • 1995 Rookie of the Year Warren County Board of Realtors
1992 – 1995 Radio Shack Computer Plus Store, Queensbury, NY
Computer Repair & Software Support Service Manager:
  • Consistent Top Five Sales Producer in the Albany Region
  • Managed The Hardware Installation and Service Department
  • Enormous Amount of Software Support (in-store & phone support) For those of you who remember, this was when Radio Shack was transitioning from their proprietary "Deskmate" operating system software, to the first editions of Windows 3.0
1990 - 1992 Northeast Benefit Systems, Inc., Albany, NY
An Employee Benefit & Communications Company:
  • Assisted 40 Mass. Mutual Agents with Group Med & Dental Plans
  • Section 89 Compliance Testing
  • Extensive Employee Benefit Communications Software Exp.
1984 – 1990 Prudential Financial & PRUCO Securities, Queensbury, NY
Sales Manager, Agent & Registered Representative:
  • 1985 Rookie of the Year. 1,500 New Agents. Northeastern U.S.
  • Recruited, Trained and Developed New Agents & Registered Reps.
  • 1986 Academy Of Honor for Sales and Service
  • 1987 NALU National Quality Service Award Winner
  • Successfully Managed a 10 Agent Staff & Personal Production
1971 - 1984 Tableside Cooking & Restaurant Management up and down the east coast from Lake Placid, to Albany, The Catskills, Martha's Vineyard & Saint Simon's Island GA.

Education:

1969 Guilderland Central High School, Guilderland Center, NY

  • High School Diploma
1971 North Country Community College, Saranac Lake, NY
  • Associate of Arts Degree, Liberal Arts
1979 L & M Flight School, Saint Simon's Island, GA
  • Private Pilot Certificate
  • Instrument Ground School
Interests:

Motorcycle Touring; Flying; Photography; Fishing; Hiking; and Computers.

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