Nice story. I remember the first computer I learned BASIC programing on was a Tandy TRS-80 Model III! The first one I bought myself was a Tandy Color Computer 3 (128k) back in 1986 or 1987 I think it was. I can't remember what I paid for it though. I also remember buying the tape drive (audio tapes! lol) for it so I could store my programs. I didn't buy my first PC (a 386) until around 1992 while in Germany with the Army. I got it for something like $50 from a guy that was PCSing. Bought a new HDD for it for about a half months pay (or it felt that way at least) for 40MB!