For me, I got my ST second hand around 86.  Half med STFM with TOS1.2 on board, and whihc I later (and fiarly expensively!) had upgraded to one meg.

Bought the ST from a guy in a caravan on a cold windy Welsh caravan park in teh valleys, and never looked back.  Came with lots of original sofware and lots of WNW/Automation menus and a few unbranded menus of the same ilk.  Some of these had a sticker on the back with a contacts name and address (kinda stupid perhaps but there we go) and then I started making contacts via him.

Then was always adding to my collection via new contatcs and swap meets etc.  Then of course I moved away and ST got left at home, but it was then I got in to pacifiST in 1996 I think it was and started up Aktiv8's FTP site whihc was truely a well hammered FTP site and also got my in troube in uni - lol

Anyway added to my collection further using Demonburps ST emporium, Pacigame and pacidemo etc - adding disks that I had once lost etc.  And I suppose the rest is history... I'm still here and enjoying the scene.  My ST (Still at my dads) still works, just needs a good clean up ;)