[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Doug G

(I grew up on a Apple II+, Z80 card, 300 baud modem, dual 5.25 floppies, and a sweet 14" Amber screen.)

Two floppies -- you young punk. The first microcomputer I ever touched (but, alas, didn't own) was a MITS Altair 8800 that you programmed with toggle switches. I also used the TRS-80 Model 1, with the never-quite-sure-it-was-going-to-work cassette data storage system. I have to confess, however, that the first computer I actually spent money on was a Compaq portable in September 1983. I popped the extra $300 for the second floppy. I took out a bank loan to pay the $3,500 total. Bought a Gemini-10X printer, too. Good times...