My older brother had a brief interest in computers, but watching him got me plenty interested. Bought a second-hand TRS-80 with my paper route money at age 11 and learned BASIC. Learned Logo on Apple IIs at the local community center.

Bought an original IBM PC (5150) with more paper route money at the start of high school. Was one of the first kids in my school to turn in typed papers done on a word-processor (WordStar). I kept modding and upgrading that machine for a decade, keeping the original 5150 chassis.

I was a Wordstar ninja.