I still have 3 of these in a closet here, my 2001, 4032 (purple screen!), and a SuperPET 9000 (I think 9001 was the model number - Edit, nope, was a 9000) Got

I still have 3 of these in a closet here, my 2001, 4032 (purple screen!), and a SuperPET 9000 (I think 9001 was the model number - Edit, nope, was a 9000) Got the 2001 first at the age of 12 and taught myself to code by looking at listings of games then buying magazines. Machines like this made the barrier of entry to coding very low and appealing. The rest as they say is history and started a long career at the keyboard.