My parents got me a Commodore 64 when I was 8 years old. It was used, but came with a massive trove of software, including Gortek and the Microchips, which was

My parents got me a Commodore 64 when I was 8 years old. It was used, but came with a massive trove of software, including Gortek and the Microchips, which was an introduction to programming in Basic. I checked it out, and when I learned I could make a computer do what I wanted, I was absolutely hooked.