I distinctly remember my first foray into programming. It was a Vic20 that I borrowed from ????? This, obviously, had 20Kb of memory (that's just 20,480 bytes of memory ) Wow... I never did it at school (that was for geeks), but always had an interest. I remember punching in the code(s) line-by-line, making mistakes, correcting, running etc etc. It took forever. I'm fairly sure it was BASIC. Didn't have a clue what I was punching in - this 'stuff' was the realm of scientists, the highly intelligent, blah blah. That day watching my father walk in and stare at the TV as if something was wrong got me hooked. My father actually thought I'd stuff the TV. I remember upgrading to an XT (it had a 20Mb hard disc - this was BIG). I also remember purchasing an AT with 640K base and an extension card that took it to just over 1Mb. Now this machine was FAST! It had a better HDD and a nice EGA screen (upgraded from CGA). It cost me just over $4,500. Today I have a laptop with power that would have been beyond imagination 20 years ago. It cost me a little less than the AT. I still have some early PC Mags, and the kids sometimes hear me chuckle and watch me shake my head when I flick back through them.