Who else had a history with microcomputers.

TRS-80, Commodore 64, Dragon32, etc. Any or all of those self contained units with a shit keyboard that ran BASIC and were completely useless and a long drawn out pain in the ass for anything but playing games and text adventures.

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SW-User

I never had any of these, except a cousin of mine gave me his Commodore when I was little. After 1996, I got a PC with Win 95 installed, etc. etc. I learned BASIC at school, it was exciting for me to be a part of the school's computer club.

MethDozer · M

@SW-User I had dozens of much older cousins in the 80's so I was lucky in getting there old hand me down micros and consoles when they would move out or upgrade.

SW-User

@MethDozer Yep, you're lucky. Except my cousin, no one really in my closest family was ever interested in computers. It was like a new world to me, like everything was possible if I just had a computer; then the Internet started becoming popular, chats and stuff, big shift in programming, and I don't know why I lost all that interest.
Just by thinking of learning a new prog. language gives me anxiety now... like "what's the point?" It all came down to cell phones, Nvidia, shooter games, FB. Everything got moving so fast in the world of technology, like there is no real, solid interest.