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My dad has an IMSAI 8080 which is a neat piece of hardware. It still works, though a few LEDs failed.

Unfortunately for him, in university one of his professors advised him not to go into computers for a career...

in 1977 or so my dad (a college professor) advised me not to go into computers

a couple of decades later (i hadn't listened, and had been working for high-tech Silly Valley for quite a while) he apologized :-)

I was torn between music and engineering. I would be poorer, but the parties would have been much better.