[ShadowAce]

I remember learning BASIC on the TRS-80 back around 1979, been programming ever since.

That's about the same timeframe I was doing that also.

Had a TRS-80 Model I with 16k of RAM and a cassette drive.

[Retrofitted]

Shoot, I've still got mine (and it still works!), complete with Programma graphics board (I had to have my dad solder that one in for me), VoxBox, Voice Input, stringy-floppy and, yes, a light pen! lol

Because of BASIC, I got my first job programming when I was 15 (been writing for Softside, Compute!, and 80-Micro prior) and kept going until I took active retirement. Funny thing... I still feel more comfortable writing in BASIC than anything else after all this time. REMemeber Thomas Kurtz, who truly changed the world.