Are you a digital native?

I grew up during the dot-com boom in the early 90's. My father and brother were deeply interested in computer programming and web design. I remember playing early computer games such as Wolfenstein, Doom, and Lemmings. My brother, also a guitarist and avid composer, used a composing program called Cakewalk to make midi files.

Around the age of twelve I became very interested in writing fiction. Every time my dad would upgrade the family computer, he would give me the previous machine to use for word processing. I started with an 80808, considered a top-of-the-line computer when it was released in the 80's. It had no operating system, just a Dos prompt. Above the Dos prompt was a list of eight functions the computer could do, including a word processor, spreadsheet, and a few games. Nonetheless, I was excited to have my own word processor in my bedroom.

My ancient machine later got replaced with a PC, sporting Windows 3.1. However, one still had to access Windows through the Dos prompt.