You missed out - there is nothing quite like getting your first picture on the screen with the Copper, or doing your first scroller with the Blitter, or hearing your first Future Composer tune play correctly inside of a working level 3 interrupt request...
Yeah, we couldn't afford a computer back then. I learned by spending my Saturdays on the public computers at the library, hence why having access to an interpreter that didn't need to be installed was awesome.
