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-> Brian, the TI-99/4A was my first computer, as well. And, I also got mine on
-> Christmas 1982 (I was 9) -- same morning! I have a photo of the system that
I
-> took with my Kodak Disc Camera, which I also got for Christmas that year. 
-> 
-> A great machine. I still have a TI setup, in full, with 80-col F18a
-> expansion and a RPi 3 connecting it to the Internet (TIPIPeb). Pics of all
-> that can be seen in the gallery that's part of the first link posted above.

It was my first computer as well.  I had 2 game cartridges, a terminal
emulator, and the 
entire Plato series of education floppies on 5-1/2 disks.  I joined a Users
Group and met 
plenty of others that wanted to share their knowledge.

I subscribed to Boardwatch magazine and took time to copy endless lines of
code just to 
show a sprite moving across the screen.

Great memories!

My first PC was a Packard Bell 286 with a very slow modem.  I purchased
Wildcat DOS 
version from Mustang Software and had 4 phone lines connected to it. I was
able to 
share my internet connection because one of the phone lines was on an
auto-dialer to an 
internet provider.

We've come along way since then!

Mike
 
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