The first computer at my home was a machine my father bought for bookkeeping for his business. I had a loose understanding of what that meant (around 8-9 y/o).

The first computer at my home was a machine my father bought for bookkeeping for his business. I had a loose understanding of what that meant (around 8-9 y/o). I knew paying taxes was something he did. I remember looking thru the BASIC manual and seeing “ILLEGAL...” error messages. I assumed it meant that doing whatever this was somehow violated tax laws. Made sense to me since the computer was used for bookkeeping.