@DavidGoldfield My dad was absolutely captivated by it, and vowed I' have one someday.

@DavidGoldfield Hi. I remember hearing about the advent of this first reading machine in 1975 just before it came out. This was when I was about 10. I remember standing in the hallway listening to the TV and hearing that these things cost $50,000. Was that the case? That's my memory from a 10-year-old brain. I said to myself, someday I'm going to read whatever I want to read. The fact that this occurs free as has been mentioned, is absolutely astounding. I think only people who have lived long enough to experience the lack of options can truly appreciate it in this way.

@CreativeChris Chris, I remember that $50000 was, more or less, how much those devices cost back then. I'm also glad that I was born at a time where I was able to watch these technologies develop by getting smaller and more mainstrem and, as a consequence, much cheaper.