The quest for my first programing device....

Today I got one of those automated emails from eBay that tells you that something you are interested in is out for bidding. In this case, it is an HP 33E. It is the first serious calculator I had and the one I learned how to program. I owe both of these things (well, definitely the calculator) to my uncle. He showed me how to do a simple program:

LABEL 10
1
+
PAUSE
GOTO 10

That was all it took. I was hooked. I was about 12 years old.



Lots of info on this calculator and many others from HP at the HP Museum