The show ends in 1987, when I was 21 years old. At that time, my technology was limited to a Sony Walkman, a portable stereo, and a digital Casio watch. A few of my friends had rich parents who bought computers, one an IBM PC (the original!), one an Apple II, and one an Atari 800. We didn't have a computer in the house, although I had learned a bit on a TRS-80 at school. And I still made sure to have a quarter in my pocket when I left the house in case I needed to make a phone call.