Ok, since we are "Old Man"ing it here, ill chime in.
41 at the time of this post.
My first machine was my parents. They had a pair of 8088's.
Played a ton of shareware games on it, so much fun...
Quick story.
I remember in 1988 my moms 8088 died mid-work on her dissertation.
I, at 8 or 9 yo...