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    BK> My apologies for the over-quoting but whenever I see a TI-99/4a I jump   
    BK> at the opportunity to talk about it. I got my first one in 1982   
    BK> (Christmas, I was 7). Even though it was a little lame, cartridges,   
    BK> 40-column display, it was still amazing!  I spent too many hours   
    BK> learning the ins and outs of computers, dialing up BBSes and college   
    BK> VAXs and learning more and more.  When I finally got my IBM PS/2 Model   
    BK> 30 286 a couple years later I was living the dream.   
      
   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.    
      
   https://is.gd/x0LzAC   
      
   I did a blog post that shows photos from '84 when it was a rather more   
   expanded system. Have a look:   
      
   https://bytecellar.com/2016/07/03/33-year-old-roll-of-film-offers-a-glimpse-of-   
   my-vintage-computing-beginnings/   
   ( short link: https://is.gd/GMKfnl )   
      
   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.   
      
   Cheers!   
      
   bp   
      
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