I had one of these as a kid and a RadioShack tape deck to backup my TX81z, but more importantly my QX7 (and my Vic20). I had a little journal where I wrote wher

I had one of these as a kid and a RadioShack tape deck to backup my TX81z, but more importantly my QX7 (and my Vic20). I had a little journal where I wrote where things were on the tape. I think that time was so much easier for learning computers, because it was all still understandable and complexity built on top of it. For my son, I tried using Minecraft as an entry point, but I think seeing so much fully polished stuff made him frustrated and what little he was learning. Midi connecting all my synths/modules really prepared by for understanding basic Networking as well. I was the only kid I knew who was networking synths, backing up to tape, writing (very basic) videogames, so I had no expectations nor feelings of inadequacy.