We had an Atari 2600,
Then I bought a Magnavox Odyssey II. I remember KC Munchman and they had a great adventure game.

First computer I ever typed a program into was a Trash 80 Color Computer w 4K ram.

First computer I owned was a TI 99/4a. I had everything for it, and wound up selling it after the machine was orphaned for a couple years. I had the expansion box, speech synthesizer, dual floppies, and all my first programs in it- some of which were very complex. I'll always be sorry I sold it.

Had a job between Junior and Senior years in high school programming dBase II in MP/M (multiuser CP/M)

Owned an Atari 520st and an Apple IIc.

The Atari had great graphics but was broken a lot, and wound up selling both of them.

Owned a Kaypro Model 10 that I inherited from a boss who passed away. Their version of Pac Mac consisted of the letter C alternating between upper and lower case, eating periods in a maze consisting of plus symbols, minus signs, and pipe characters. Actually, it was a fast and playable game.

First PC I owned was an AT class lunchbox portable that I had built. Nice machine, and, kept upgrading it and down the line into various PC's, and now have a PC and two MacBook Pro's.

I have some retro Arcade games, and recently restored a full size Ikari Warriors game.

Dropped out of college in 1989 and didn't finish a night program, but, I've had great jobs and been either working for someone, had a side business, or my own company, which is 18 years old now, with 13 employees.

These early machines were our education. The TI that my Dad bought me was the cheapest college tuition he could have provided. He said recently that he should have bought two of them. I bought my brother's half share of the computer from him. Lol.

Great thread!