QUOTE(Billyfett @ Apr 14 2006, 02:38 PM)

33 turn 34 in May
What popped my cherry?
ATARI 400.
My dad said if we were going to get a computer system, we needed something we could program on.
30 on the 2nd of June...
Damn, I thought I was gonna be the only one that started programming on an Atari 400. lol. My dad actually made a REAL keyboard for it (weighed about 10lbs though!) so I could actually type on the damn thing. That stock "bubble" keyboard SUCKED as well as waiting 60 minutes for a game from cassette to load but I still have very fond memories of that computer as it lasted me from '82 to '88 when I got a C128.
Long live the days of Basic! Goto, Gosub, if, peek, poke, and the insane DATA lines!!!
Been hacking consoles since the SNES days (Multigame Doctor) and have modded every console since then. Genesis, N64 (Doctor v64), Dreamcast (40wire modchip just for imports!), thousands of PS1s, dozens of PS2s, and over 500 Xbox's modded. Current Xbox is mainly an EMU/Media center with 1.2TB and over 600 xvid movies.
Even ran a 4 line BBS from 90-94 with over 100 online games and had the first 14.4k and CD-Rom full of pr0n for download before anyone else within 200 miles.
I was a n00b back in '88 when I first got online with my C128 and a 300baud modem. Anyone remember those? Watching each letter appear on the screen? hahaha.