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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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