What was your first encounter with a computer?

[Will Collier]

Probably a punchcard fossil during a field trip to the local junior college. First one I got my hands on was most likely a TRS-80 Model 1 at the local Radio Shack. I remember the Space and Rocket Museum in Huntsville, AL had a Commodore Pet as part of an exhibit, that one might have predated the TRS-80, but it couldn't have been by much. Both models were introduced in 1977.