As I posted earlier I received an Atari 2600 for Christmas in '79 I think (I was 10).
A year or two later, they brought Atari 800 computers into my math class so we could do programming. It was an epiphany for me. Nothing in my life sense has had so a profound affect on my life's direction.
I talked with my parents about selling my 2600 and using that money along with Christmas to get a computer.
The problem with Atari -the only computer I knew about- was that it was expensive. Way more than my parents were willing to spend.
I found the Commodore 64 was much cheaper and had better graphics and sound.
Thus my Commodore life began...
