I like this article but I found myself kind of weirded out by the introduction (so here is my version of the intro).
I started using a computer when I was 7. I knew nothing and virtually nobody. It was 1988 and it wasn't easy to learn the ropes back then. This was before much of today's infrastructure existed. There was no broadband or world wide web or wifi or AOL. This was before VGA graphics and the Pentium processor. CompuServe still had more users than AOL. Windows was just getting started.
I started using a computer when I was about 14. It was 1979. It wan't easy to learn the ropes back then. This was before CompuServe or AOL. An Apple II with 16k of RAM cost over $1000 (in 1979 dollars!) A 1200 baud modem was a really fast network connection. And I had to walk to school in the snow. Uphill both ways of course :-)
I started using a computer when I was 7. I knew nothing and virtually nobody. It was 1988 and it wasn't easy to learn the ropes back then. This was before much of today's infrastructure existed. There was no broadband or world wide web or wifi or AOL. This was before VGA graphics and the Pentium processor. CompuServe still had more users than AOL. Windows was just getting started.