Old timer. My parents bought our C64 in 1984, when I was 8. Back then I was the only kid on the block to own a computer, even the typing class I took in school still used typewriters. I learned everything from gaming to programing to graphics on the C64. Probably knew more back then than I do now.
Of course when the Amiga came out I drooled over it every time we went to the Cameron Station base PX. Wasn't until about 1991 that I was able to afford my first A500 (paid for by mowing a lot of lawns!), and in 1995 or '96 I got an A1200. I was still ahead of the curve even then, designing web pages on my A1200 before most people had heard of the WWW, beyond AOL, that is.
Suffered a setback in the early 2000's when all my hard drives crapped out at once, taking with them almost every piece of Amiga software I owned. I tried emulation briefly but couldn't stand it, so threw up my hands and got a PC, then another, and another, until finally landing a job that affords me to get back into my Amiga hobby. Boy did I miss it, not a day went by in those 10 years that I didn't fondly remember my Amiga's. It's good to be back, and loving the posts on this thread!
