Like Eric my parents bought our family a computer when I was little that came with a copy of GW-Basic. They used their tax return for that year because we were

Like Eric my parents bought our family a computer when I was little that came with a copy of GW-Basic. They used their tax return for that year because we were basically dirt poor and that was the only way they could manage it. They saw the onrushing future though and decided that their kids should be prepared. It was a Tandy 1000-HX. At first I just played a lot of Gorillas with my brother. Then eventually I figured out I could change the code in the game and cheat. And that was the start of my lifelong love of code. Just like Eric it was an investment from my parents that paid off in a big way.