The Atari 130XE was my first computer. Not the first computer I used, but close. I got it around 1986, when I was in 4th grade. My dad and I bought it at some store, probably Sears. I paid …

Remember the first computer you used that could scroll text, maybe in a directory listing, faster than you could skim it? Did that feel like an improvement or a new burden? For me this …