Timely, I just saw this article on Hackaday.
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/19/old-bbc-micro-gets-some-disk-help-from-a-raspberry-pi/
In grade school we had the Commodore that we were doing BASIC on but in 88 my dad got our first 286-8 which started the forever process of continuous upgrades.
1988, wow that 286 was amazing for the day! My first PC was a 286 12mhz in I think 1992 :)
Sierra Online started in my home town so we had a little tech haven in the mountains and a steady stream of the great early days games like King's Quest, Quest For Glory, and Leisure Suit Larry.