Quote: "I still have my first computer.."
I don't but I found a picture of one online.
I wanted a BBC Micro for Christmas but my parents couldn't afford one, they were about £400 back in 1984 (£1 on ebay now), so they bought me a Sharp MZ700 it was really crappy. The only
graphics available were 8x8 pixel premade things that were accessed by pressing alt+keyboard.
But that is were I started programming. It was only text adventures back then. What else could I do with no graphics.
You could get an optional tape deck that sat on the right hand edge of the black bit at the back. I got one the following christmas. You could also get a colour plotter that sat next to it but my MZ700 remained plotter-less.
I must stop now I'm getting all nostalgic and my eyes are filling up.
GOD exists and his name is Jonny Wilkinson