My first computer was a Sinclair ZX80, quickly followed by an 81 with "Drum Roll...." 16K RAM PACK!!!
WOW... 16K, that was a HUGE memory :-)
Not long after that I had a VIC20, then a Commodore 16+4.
I went through a succession of second hand machines bought from the wanted ad's and such like (Early 80's) I had an Atari 800XL, Tandy TRS-80 among others, and that was until I discovered...
THE BBC MODEL B Micro
That was my first computer LUST... I saved money like it was going out of fashion. Birthdays, Christmas, Paper Round etc then it arrived.
16 Colours, 4 Channel sound, More I/O than I could shake a stick at, I was in heaven, it was my first real computer and I paid for it ALL myself, so I didn't have to share it with my sister or the rest of the family.
Up until I left school and got dragged kicking and screaming into the world of the IBM Compatible/Clone and Dos/Windows I stuck with Acorn.
BBC B up to a Master, then an ET Turbo, and eventually with the pay check(s) from my first summer Job an Acorn Archimedes A5000
I had to get rid of all my BBC Stuff about 10 years ago, when myself and my wife moved to the house we now have, it broke my heart to see it all have to go. Some of it went to new owners, but a big chunk went to the breakers yard too :-(
I do however, still have my A5000, but she's in a sorry state these days. The CMOS Ram's buggered on it after an Alkaline battery leak, I removed the battery and soldered in a double A twin holder, but to no avail. Board outside looks fine so I suspect there's track damage inside the layers somewhere. It powers up, but beacuse it has no settings, and I can't make it store anything, I'm really not getting it to do much more than give me a supervisor * prompt.
I'll get the time to fix it one of these days however :-)
Aside from that, I have a server rack full of modern day PC's but I do still have a few gems kicking about in my workshop.
Got an original Sun Netra T105 Blade server somewhere, and an original set of Solaris/Sun OS disks somewhere for it, and got various bits and bobs Iv'e picked up at car boot sales with the intention of junking them for interesting parts.
I'll always have a soft spot for Acorn though, British Designed, British Made, British Invented. IMHO Opinion, Acorn should get so much more recognition than they actually do, after all, the world would be a very different place today without the ARM Processor.
:-)