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I got into computers when I destroyed a Windows 3.11 install on a PC we'd been given.
Nobody wanted to use it without graphics. So I started playing with it and typing words into the MS DOS prompt and reading the output.
I found qbasic and the gorilla and snake games. Then a text editor and so I learned how to make batch files. Learned how to edit basic by trial and error so I could make the gorilla's bananas blow up the whole screen
Found some DOS games, like scorched earth and a copy of wing commander which led to me learning to hate DRM and also how to operate an unguarded photocopier at my school.
Fast forward 30 years and I've picked up a few more tricks