> I started on the TI99-4A from Texas Instruments, with a lovely cassette
> drive!!

Generation gap:  it took me a few seconds to realize that wasn't a
graphing calculator.

> Then Dad, dissatisfied with the TI bought a Model XT (I think it was an
> 8086 clone...don't remember the exact brand, but Bentley keeps popping
> into my head)
> he was frustrated by the interface, not user-friendly enough I guess,
> and so I got to spend lots of time on the machine.

Personally, I started writing basic by typing in programs from
3-2-1-Contact magazine on my dad's Zenith 8086.  It had a 20mb
Winchester HD, which we never filled up.

--BenD
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