First personal computer nostalgia

1977: My first 'PC' was a KIM-1, which now resides in the Santa Barbara Fortress of Schloss Marvin. 1979: I then assembled a Z80/48K/Pertec Floppy/four serial port Cromemco Z2H over a period of about one year, but I don't think that it fits the subject due to it's 'mongrel' nature. 1983: My first "pc" PC was a borrowed Kaypro II, then a 10, that I bought used on a sales promotion scheme for $1400.00 in 1984... my disposible income at that time for about 8 months. The store I worked at (as the Fixit Geek) 'carried the paper'for me, so I suffered only 8 months of chronic malnutrition. Better than starving outright. 1985: I bought a used Columbia Data Products portable XT, and to this day I remember it quite fondly, operation was good (for it's day) and aesthetically it was most pleasing. The keyboard was firm and quick and the display was super-sharp, and the packaging was more like test gear than a computer. Then came a succession of ever-increasing PC Stuff, none of which is germaine to the Topic. Then of course the PDP Preservation Virus invaded, and my house became a Refuge for Old Iron. Cheerz John