They were just about becoming obsolete when I was in infant/junior school but even so, playing Chuckie Egg and using that drawing turtle (when available) really

They were just about becoming obsolete when I was in infant/junior school but even so, playing Chuckie Egg and using that drawing turtle (when available) really left an impression. Played around with BASIC (as much as an 8 year old can) and then got a bug for it. Few years later got a 286 donated by my mum and dad (yay qbasic), then a few years later some thing called linux came out which opened up a new horizon all together. I then had the pleasure of working in R&D at the beeb for a few years where I got briefly involved testing the microbit for thermal dissipation and usage with different USB cable lengths (it was a colleague how kicked off the project, amongst several others, who also pushed the idea). Here's to the Micro! Who knows what computing will look like in 40 years but I can guarantee they'll be an emulator running BBC Micro code ;)