The Commodore 64 will be 30 years old this week (06/01/12)
I remember my first C64, and, yep I feel old :-)
Here's a write up I found out there (thanks to PC Authority)
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/168019,vintage-tech-looking-back-at-the-commodore-64.aspx
Commodore 64 led me to the Amiga 500 (A500), where I geeked out on Assembler 68000 programming, man that unit was a hot bit of kit
Read the complete post at http://wmug.co.uk/blogs/r0b/archive/2012/01/06/commodore-64-hits-30-this-week.aspx