@kcase I have similar memories, but around my first Amiga (I was a Commodore kid and came to the Mac later, ultimately working for Apple for some years). I read and re-read everything I could lay my hands on, learning the CLI and working on paper for the longest time before we actually had one. I, too, associate the smell of paper and manuals with my early computing life. Later in life, I started collecting 80s arcades machines and their unique smell gets me into project mode to this day.