you caught me... BUT I WAS JUST A KID, honest.
my uncle introduced me to computers when he had a TRS80 w/audio tape storage. then proceed to teach me electronics, had me wiring up my own gate logic... provided a very good basis for my future in programming.
I designed an 8-bit (plus carry) binary calculator using a breadboard, transistors, LEDs and switches from Radio Shack. God, I was a geek.