I guess for me it started at around 8 when my dad brought home a ZX81 (which was old then). I spent hours reading the BASIC manual and typing in stuff which nev

I guess for me it started at around 8 when my dad brought home a ZX81 (which was old then). I spent hours reading the BASIC manual and typing in stuff which never, ever ran. I found the errata for it a few years back so I guess I could go back and fix? From there I got a C64, which was incredible, and then moved on to the Amiga. 500+ -> 1200. As far as computing goes, the Amiga years were the best of my life. Suddenly everything seemed possible. I was coding in AMOS, C and assembler on that thing - and rendering 3D cars while I ate my tea. That machine could do the lot, and since I've always been rubbish at music the MIDI thing wasn't a problem. Mid 90's as the Amiga died off, i got access to a 486 and wrote a few things here & there in BASIC. Finally blagged my mum into giving me £3 to buy a magazine that had Borcland C++ 4.5(?) on the coverdisc. Took it from there. The rest is pretty boring really. Improved at C, took up web dev. Here I am. Most importantly though - I had a bloody Amiga. Man, I miss those days.