mmmm, 386. snazzy compared to my first computer (not counting my VIC-20)... a Tandy SX/2000 - 8088 running at a blazing 8MHz, with CGA graphics, and we paid extra to have a 10MB hard drive put in (it didn't come with one)... 5.25" floppy drive... HD even, we could fit a whopping 1.2MB on a disk, as opposed to the 360KB floppies that ruled the day. i think all in all, my parents paid $2500-$3000 for it.
i also had (and still have) an Atari2600, NES, Sega Genesis, and SuperNES.
then there's the electronic work i've done. my first big project was a "power alert" device, which i built before digital clocks had battery backups (or at least before any stores near us got any)... when the power went out, it simply made a near-earsplitting beeping noise, designed to wake you up and let you know the power was out. i've also modded a game boy advance (not SP), with the help of kenny, to put in a backlight and dimmer for the backlight. another mod i did was to make a fan speed controller for my computer - again, this was before such devices were commonly available. my most recent mod was to solder an additional power wiring harness onto a motherboard that was overloading its 5V rails (tyan dual athlon board, they're notorious for doing that). and this doesn't include all the minor solder jobs i've done
