I saw with bulging eyes, the first functional mother board at the institute. We ran small programs in Assembly language. And then whoosh! Assembly language is out of vogue in front of basic!
I remember when I had to push in 3 floppies one after the other in order to load
Lotus123. That was before Wordstar and Excel era. I had to mention the row and column number in order to access a spot on the screen.
Then came the mouse and Windows and I was so fascinated by those new concepts. God, I was nostalgic for Lotus123. I wouldnt let it go. And GW Basic, Qbasic...
. I had to work so hard to master them and suddenly they were obsolete! Damn!