[sdiy] [OT] How did you start?

[Csaba Zvekan]

> I started with SDIY probably around the time when I was a  
> teenager .It was in the 1980 or 1982 around that time I got a  
> electronics Kit for kids around the µA741 OP-AMP that had a 8  
> buttons and I remember the VCO project "Organ"  was the only true  
> project that I was interested in. Unfortunately with the arrival of  
> the commodore64, Amiga, PC and mid-range Mainframes my interested  
> shifted to programming those.
And as a musician I became more a singer and a guitar player. But  
around 1999 I have truly become addicted to collecting, restoring  
vintage synthesizers. And since 2006 building my SDIY Modular  
synthesizer.


>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm posting this as off topic because it's more about you people  
>> than synths. I'm doing an informative speech on SDIY for my public  
>> speaking class and I'd like to have some testimonials about how  
>> other people besides myself got started in SDIY. I'm not looking  
>> for anything lengthy or profound, just one or two sentences about  
>> what got you into this awesome hobby/addiction.
>>
>> Thanks for your time and patience,
>>
>> -Ian
>> s