we were lucky to have started learning computers when they were simpler machines than now. It’s easier to learn when there is less to learn overall and then you just need to keep up as things get added. These days kids have so much more to learn from the start.

And while we’re sharing: my first was a Vic-20 around ‘82 or so (learned Basic on this, remember typing in programs printed in the back of a magazine (Byte?)), then a C-64 sometime around ‘88ish (Floppy discs!, BBSing via 300baud) followed by a 286 in ‘92 (1200 baud! Internet shell account! Slackware 1.0!) and typical upgrades every two or three years since. Switched to Mac somewhere around ‘05 or so.