The good ol' days! I started programming with BASIC on BBC Micro Model B, in high school, and absolutely loved it. I guess a big reason for igniting my passion were the amazing books that came with it. Huge, glossy pages in full color with what were to me the most beautiful graphics. I remember writing programs on paper and then typing them in later --- debugging beforehand by running the program in my head! I wrote a graphics calculator for a science fair at school and remember having the whole program memorized!!!

Aah, glory days ;-)