Back before I went to university, I spent a lot of time taking programming and systems classes at the local junior college while in high school. That coupled w

Back before I went to university, I spent a lot of time taking programming and systems classes at the local junior college while in high school. That coupled with the tinkering I did on my own, as part of the local BBS seen, and helping others with computers taught me a lot more about the practical aspects around computers at the time -- assembly, TSRs, device drivers, different compilers, different operating systems, etc. -- than was taught at the school I went to. If a course with this level of detail had been available to me, I would have taken it in a heart beat. Mmm...boot loaders.