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Today a large part of my youth turns 30. The first computer I can ever remember sitting in front of was the Apple II and later the daddy of them all, Apple IIe. Many hours were spent during the summer staring into that green screen at computer camp. Yes, I was one of those kids that went to computer camp, there I said it. Having that off my chest, what a gift I was given to be introduced to the power of computing at such a young age. Of course we did little more than draw pictures and print lists, but the experience and comfort level obtained has been invaluable. The freedom that I feel at a machine today, to experiment knowing that whatever I mess up can be undone, was forged at the keyboard of an Apple II in a friends garage. Thank you for that gift Apple, and thus a shoutout is appropriate:

10 PRINT “Happy Birthday Apple II, thanks for the gift!”
20 GOTO 10

[Tags]Apple, Apple II, Apple IIe[/tags]