For me it all started with the Texas Instruments TI99/4a. Ok, actually it all started with a computer shop, some computer magazines and then an "informed" decision on the computer to get. As I was only 8 at the time I had to do _a lot_ of nagging to get my parents to get me the TI, but thankfully my birthday is so close to Christmas that I managed to forgoe all other presents to get the item of my dreams...