I once had an Amiga, Commodore was already pretty much dead but my faithful 4000 even made to the internet with a 14K4 modem

Wanting to try new stuff I looked for alternatives for AmigaOS, NetBSD was the only thing that would run on the hardware IF I had an MMU. I didn't. So at one point I had a choice, either spend a wad of cash on the old Amiga or spend the same amount to buy a complete decked out PC. So, a 60Mhz PowerPC/68060 board or a P-2 350MHz with everything on it. The Amiga was really old by then so I opted for the PC. Windows 95 made me seriously regret ditching AmigaOS. But the hardware was much, much better obviously. Pretty quickly it dual-booted Linux and Windows. Loved the unixy feel but Linux just wasn't doing it for me. Way to much trouble installing stuff. The never-ending dependency hell when you have to compile everything from source.

So I remembered BSD.. Started looking around again and had a choice between NetBSD and FreeBSD. FreeBSD was the better choice on i386 hardware (it still is). On it went. Fell head over heals in love with the ports system. I still compiled everything from source but rarely ran into the aforementioned dependency hell. I think that was FreeBSD 3.2 or something around that number. Building Xfree86 took about a day or so

I bought the same powerpack at the same time as you LOL. Came across it hunting in a local book store for interesting stuff to read. Already quite familiar with FreeBSD I just had to have it. Loved the printed handbook.

Over the years the amount of hardware only increased. Every few years I buy a new "workstation" and the old one get's "upgraded" to server. Usually have at least 3 machines running FreeBSD 24/7. Currently 8.2-STABLE custom installs with a ZFS root

As for ADD, don't worry, I too have the attention span of a goldfish. The drugs certainly seem to do their thing when I'm at work. At home not so much hehe. I already forgot why I wanted to post a reply. Don't worry, it'll come to me.